Proposals were presented at symposium attended by service providers, law enforcement and others from across the county
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office is proposing a new type of court, legislative changes and other strategies to help homeless people with mental illness avoid incarceration and receive psychiatric help.
In San Diego, the city has launched an extended outreach to connect more people on the street with services to help them overcome issues related to their homelessness while the county and city have collaborated on a new shelter in the Midway District that specifically addresses homeless people with mental issues and addictions.
A second-tier diversion program will be offered to people after they are charged with low-level offenses, which would become part of the DA Office’sUnder the initiative, offenders of low-level misdemeanors such as trespassing or illegal lodging could have their cases dismissed by completing 12 hours of cognitive behavioral therapy and four hours of volunteer work in the community.
The symposium also included a presentation from Christie Bevis, program manager of Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup, which has developed phone apps that have helped cities in other states connect domestic violence survivors with shelters and services. As an example, data presented at the symposium showed that from November 2019 to October 2021, aggravated assault charges were filed against 915 homeless people and 2,529 non-homeless people.
After the presentation, however, Regional Task Force on Homelessness Tamera Kohler said the methodology used in the report could have skewed the results. Kohler said by using the point-in-time count, which captures only the number of people who are homeless in one day, the report missed how many other people may have been temporarily homeless sometime that year.
The DA’s Office proposes changing the definition of gravely disabled to mean a condition in which a person faces a substantial likelihood of physical or mental deterioration and becoming a danger to himself or herself as a result of an untreated mental health disorder.
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