About seven hours into this week’s budget hearing, Supervisor Doreen Farr pulled off a stealth move when she allocated $121,000 to take initial steps to enact Laura’s Law.
In April, the supervisors held off on implementing the measure — which would allow judges to order mentally ill people who pose safety risks into treatment programs — after Alice Gleghorn, the Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services (ADMHS) director hired six months ago, told the supes that her department was already slammed with the reform programs she was hired to carry out.
“I am still working on the last priorities you asked me to do,” Gleghorn told the supervisors on Wednesday, echoing remarks she made in April.