S1: Welcome in San Diego , it's Jade Hindman. On today's show , we are talking about the state of mental health care and how to overcome obstacles like access and even cultural stigmas. This is Midday Edition , connecting our communities through conversation. It's no secret California is dealing with a dual crisis of homelessness and mental health.
S3: So tolerance containment is how I see the current approach. We have to serious mental illness and to some degree addiction as well. The idea is that we've taken a step , a good step in the direction away from things like , you know , simply hospitalizing people long term or mass incarceration or trying to respect people's rights.
S3: So I met Jeremiah on the streets of LA with , uh , mental health and homeless outreach team. Uh , someone had called in. He was there with a towel wrapped around his head , drawing messages in the dirt. And he was identified as part of the target population. And they helped him get into housing. They helped him get access to treatment , and he was very grateful. He was also he was , uh , from Jamaica.
S3: Sure thing. Yeah. So so a lot of the debate around prop one was around , you know , how much of this money was going to go towards involuntary treatment. And this is a very important debate always to be had around civil liberties and whether people have even been offered voluntary treatment before , you know , later down the line , they're being forced into things.