A county vote on a state conservatorship expansion law got lots of attention from local hospitals, activists and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria a couple years ago.
Hospitals warned that if the county immediately enacted SB 43, which aimed to make more people eligible for short-term involuntary holds and conservatorships, patients would overwhelm local emergency rooms. Supervisors ultimately decided to punt for a year despite protests from Gloria and some mental health advocates.
So what’s happened since the county implemented the state law in January? Our Lisa Halverstadt found that there hasn’t been a flood of new patients into local hospitals – yet.
County data shows involuntary holds appeared to actually trended down the first few months of this year and that longer-term conservatorships haven’t increased.
Halverstadt asked the county, advocates and others to weigh in on why that is.
The Learning Curve: ICE Grabs Another Parent
ICE Agents have taken another parent, who was dropping their child off at school in San Diego County, reports our Jakob McWhinney.
The parent was taken outside Camarena Elementary, a school in Chula Vista Elementary School District, the superintendent wrote in a letter to parents Wednesday.
The arrest of a parent outside a school in Chula Vista could have a chilling impact in a community with such deep Mexican roots.
If students stop showing up for school out of fear it can become several layers of problematic. Students staying home means students falling behind on learning. And it also means less money for cash-strapped school districts which get money from the state based on attendance.
Check out the full Learning Curve here.
In Other News
- Last year, two high school seniors at Canyon Crest Academy investigated the foundation that raises money for their school. Now, an independent audit has confirmed some of their findings, including inaccurate financial reporting. (Union-Tribune)
- Temperatures are expected to rise across the region on Thursday. In El Cajon, the expected high is 96 degrees. But that’s nothing compared to Palm Springs, where temperatures could hit 118 degrees. (National Weather Service)
- Remains of a body found near Lake Mead in the late 1980’s have been identified as a nurse from San Diego named Carol Ann Riley. Riley was last seen just before she was supposed to meet her boyfriend. (8 News Now)
The Morning Report was written by Lisa Halverstadt and Will Huntsberry. It was edited by Andrea Sanchez-Villafaña.