Untreated mental health issues
Untreated mental health issues are rated extremely/very serious by 71% of SF voters. Efforts integrate behavioral health with homelessness and drug responses under Breaking the Cycle, including treatment access, yet street conditions and capacity gaps keep the issue prominent alongside calls for more accountability in contracts and services.
How should San Francisco handle untreated mental health needs on its streets?
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Sources
DSA SF — https://dsasf.org/2025-board-of-supervisors-voting-breakdown/
Ongoing efforts under Lurie’s “Breaking the Cycle” and related initiatives aim to move people from streets to shelter/permanent housing
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Massively expand voluntary community mental health and housing without any involuntary holds or police role
- Increase county mental health beds and outpatient care while keeping conservatorship rare and rights-focused
- Grow treatment capacity and conservatorship tools together for those who cannot care for themselves
- Use more involuntary treatment and street outreach teams linked to enforcement for visible untreated cases
- Prioritize public order by expanding forced treatment and reducing funding for non-mandatory programs