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Rules Committee forwards two Mental Health SF appointments amid concerns about bed capacity
Summary
The committee recommended two appointees — Steve Fields (seat 6, residency waiver required) and Dr. Monique Lazar (seat 8) — to the Mental Health SF Implementation Working Group and heard extended discussion about the city's shortage of subacute locked beds, dual‑diagnosis capacity, and the need to build a continuum of community treatment.
The Rules Committee voted to forward two appointments to the Mental Health SF Implementation Working Group to the full Board of Supervisors, noting that seat 6 (Steve Fields) requires a residency waiver. Both appointments were recommended by unanimous vote of the members present.
Steve Fields, seeking reappointment to seat 6, described his service as an original member of the implementation working group and said the group is approaching an important stage in moving…
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