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There is a homeless encampment right in the middle of Lake Merritt. They have all kinds of Home Depot shopping Carts, Garbage, Etc,. It is right in front of the Senior Center. This is a bad situation and we need these people moved out of there. We need to see about housing assistance and other resource's that is be available to them.
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Acknowledged City of Oakland (Verified Official)
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Baddragon (Registered User)
john (Registered User)
"other resource's that is be available to them." 5150 hold is one that Oakland could use for the mentally ill.
The LPS a bipartisan bill was co-authored by California State Assemblyman Frank D. Lanterman (R) and California State Senators Nicholas C. Petris (D) and Alan Short (D), and signed into law in 1967 by Governor Ronald Reagan. The Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act provides guidelines for handling involuntary civil commitment of individuals to mental health institutions in California.
Under the LPS Act, individuals can be detained into a locked psychiatric facility in the following process. 5150 hold, an individual can be placed involuntary to a locked psychiatric facility, for evaluation for up to 72 hours. Any peace officer or specific individuals authorized by a county government may place the hold.
www.calhospital.org/lps-act shows a map that identifies 100 hospitals in California that are designated by the counties to receive LPS 5150 patients.
City of Oakland (Verified Official)