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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Lurie secures grant funding to expand mental health, addiction treatment
The Brief Mayor Daniel Lurie has secured millions of dollars to expand San Francisco's behavioral health programs. The money will add 73 new treatment beds to two facilities that treat behavioral and mental health, as well as addiction issues. The expansion is another step in Lurie's "Break the Cycle" plan to address homelessness and addiction. SAN FRANCISCO - Mayor Daniel Lurie today announced a plan to expand San Francisco's behavioral health resources thanks to $27.6 million in state funding. The money will allow Lurie to further deliver on his "Breaking the Cycle" plan to transform San Francisco's response to behavioral health and the needs of its unhoused residents. "Under our Breaking the Cycle Plan, my administration is taking full advantage of every available resource to get people who are suffering off the streets, while reclaiming our public spaces," Lurie said in a press release. " This state is funding a strong first step that will allow us to add some of the beds and services our city needs most — including an expansion of locked subacute treatment for those with complex behavioral health needs. This s how we build a stronger behavioral health system, keep neighborhoods safe and clean, and help people find lasting stability." Dig deeper The money, provided by the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, will go toward two projects: locked subacute treatment beds, and dual diagnosis treatment beds. Just over $21 million will go toward expanding capacity at the Behavioral Health Center on the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Campus by adding 57 treatment beds. Locked subacute treatment beds, also called mental health rehabilitation centers, offer 24/7 intensive psychiatric care, nursing care and psychosocial rehabilitation services to adults with severe mental illnesses, or those placed under conservatorship. Locked treatment facilities require high building standards, which makes constructing new facilities difficult. The San Francisco General Hospital Behavioral Health Center was built as a locked treatment facility, and the BHCIP funding will complete critical renovations that will expand its capacity. The remaining $6 million will reopen the 7th Street Dual Diagnosis residential treatment program, which has 16 beds to serve individuals with both mental health and substance abuse disorders. That facility was previously operated as a behavioral health dual diagnosis program but was acquired by the city in 2024 as part of the debt settlement with the prior provider. "To truly address our behavioral health crisis and provide every individual with a real chance at a healthier, more stable future, we must have the beds and the services at the right levels of care," Daniel Tsai, the director of the department of public health said in a press release. "Here in San Francisco we are taking necessary and bold steps to build a more responsive behavioral health system, and we thank the state for recognizing that the scale of this crisis requires more than local action. The capital funding from the state is essential to our ability to expand local treatment capacity for our most behaviorally complex clients." The backstory Lurie in March announced his "Breaking the Cycle" plan, so named because it aims to break the cycles of homelessness and addiction by "fundamentally transforming" the city's health and homelessness response. Within the first 100 days of enacting the plan, Lurie said his administration will streamline moving people from the street into shelters and permanent housing, including launching a new model for outreach teams and reforming how people move through the city's system. While the plan calls for getting people off the streets and connected with the services they need, Lurie said it will also "Keep our public spaces safe and clean... and hold city hall and our partners accountable for results." Within six months, Lurie said he plans to add more beds in shelters and partner with nonprofits to improve services. Within a year, he said, he plans to leverage state and federal funds to expand and improve health and homelessness services, reform the city's data and technology systems and review the organizational structure of the city's health, homelessness, human services and housing programs. What they're saying Advocates say his plan, rather than breaking the cycle, perpetuates a very familiar one. Jennifer Friedenbach of the Coalition on Homelessness said Lurie's approach uses the same methods as his predecessors. She said his office would be better served by following evidence-based methods to address homelessness and mental health issues.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Yahoo
Sex registry violation results in 3-year sentence
In October, Thomas Jefferson Lance pleaded guilty by information to a charge of violation of the sex offender registration law and received a two-year suspended sentence with 90 days to serve and the balance on supervised probation. Four months later, Lance, 64, stood before Criminal Court Judge Shawn Fry charged with violation rules and requirements of the sex offender registry law. On this occasion, Lance was accused of changing addresses without notifying authorities as required. Lance pleaded guilty by information Jan. 21 and received a three-year sentence to serve, concurrent with the sentence he received in October. Lance is being given credit for eight days already served in jail. In other cases on the docket, the following took place: Guilty pleas •James Don Cumby, 37, charged with possession of more than .26 grams of meth for sale and/or delivery, simple possession of meth, auto burglary, theft of property of up to $1,000 and violation of a restraining order, pleaded guilty to possession of more than .5 grams of meth for sale and delivery and auto burglary. Cumby pleaded guilty as a Range 1 offender and received an eight-year sentence with 114 days to serve and credit for the same amount. He was placed on supervised probation. The charge is the result of a search warrant issued for a residence on Buddy's Trail on Jan. 29, 2024, and served by CCSO. Cumby also pleaded guilty to auto burglary occurring on June 23, 2024, during which food stamps and credit/debit cards were stolen. Cumby is to pay $282 restitution, is banned from contact with the victim and received a one-year probation which is to run concurrently with the meth conviction. All other charges were dismissed. •Bret Marshall Dolsen, 39, pleaded guilty to an information charging domestic assault occurring on April 12, 2024, and received an 11-month, 29-day sentence to be served on supervised probation. He is to complete Break the Cycle classes and is banned from contact with the victim. Dolsen is being given credit for seven days served in jail. Nothing else is known about this case. •Wayne Monroe-Hymes Richards, 52, charged with DUI, per se, and second offense driving on a revoked license, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, was fined $350, to pay clerk's fee, loss of driving privileges for one year, to complete MADD Victim Impact panel, required programs and placed on supervised probation for 11 months, 29 days. The charge stems from December 2023 traffic stop by CCSO and CPD. Set for trial •Micah Taylor Barnes, DUI, per se, motion and plea deadline set for March 4 and trial set for March 14. •Edgar Gayheart, DUI, per se, motion and plea deadline set for March 4 and set for trial March 17. Arraignment •Steven Paul Downing, domestic assault, continued to Feb. 18. •Dakota Britt Gray, aggravated burglary, theft of property of up to $1,000 and vandalism of $1,000 to $2,500, Jeff Vires appointed to represent Gray and continued to Feb. 18. •Terrence Deyvan Hence, possession of more than .5 grams of fentanyl and speeding, continued to Feb. 18. •Brandi Lynn Hubbard, theft of property of $10,000 to $60,000 and one case in continued boundover status, continued to March 4 at which time Hubbard is to return to court with an attorney. •Donnel Laquan Johnson, theft of property of $2,500 to $10,000, reckless endangerment, evading arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia, continued to Feb. 18. •Brandon Chance Jones, arson, continued to Feb. 18 at which time Jones is to return to court with an attorney. •Daniel Lee Miller, vehicular homicide and second offense driving under the influence, continued to March 18. •Kyle Daniel Nelson, aggravated assault, continued to March 18. •Lonnie Delane Polson, domestic assault, continued to Feb. 18 at which time Polson is to return to court with an attorney. •Shayla Marie Reagan, assault, continued to Feb. 18 at which time Reagan is to return to court with an attorney. •Robert Joseph Salyers, theft of merchandise of up to $1,000 and three cases in bound-over status, continued to March 4. •Hasten Charles Thompson, aggravated assault and domestic assault, Jeff Vires appointed to represent Thompson and continued to Feb. 18. Deadline •Timothy Dean Barnes, possession of more than .5 grams of fentanyl, introducing contraband into a penal institution, tampering with evidence and possession of drug paraphernalia, continued to feb. 18. •Donald Eugene Caswell, theft of property of $1,000 to $2,500, continued to Feb. 18. •Sammy Ray Debord, DUI, per se, continued to Feb. 18. •Regina Beth Fish, possession of less than .5 grams of fentanyl, Jeff Vires appointed to represent Fish and continued to March 18. •Douglas Shane Ford, 16 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, continued to March 4. •Herbert Brian Howard, possession of meth with intent, possession of a Schedule II drug with intent, possession of a weapon by a felon, possession of a weapon during commission of a dangerous felony and driving on a revoked license, continued to Feb. 18 for bond hearing. •Jason Michael Hughes, vandalism of $2,500 to $10,000, continued to March 18. •Jasmine Ratisha Lewis, identity theft, continued to March 18. •Jesus Murillo, driving under the influence, per se, continued to Feb. 18. •Johnny Dale Ogle, possession of more than .5 grams of cocaine, possession of 300 grams of meth and possession of a Schedule VI drug with intent, continued to Feb. 18. •James Lee Quarry, two counts of aggravated assault and vandalism of up to $1,000, continued to Feb. 18. •Frank Henry Quince Jr., aggravated assault, continued to March 11. •Robert Clifford Rains, multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, continued to Feb. 18. •Jonathan Wayde Russell, reckless endangerment, evading arrest and theft of property of $2,500 to $10,000, continued to Feb. 18. •Bradley Leon Smith, three counts of possession of meth with intent, possession of more than .5 grams of fentanyl and possession of drug paraphernalia, continued to April 15. •Sean Paul Stephens, theft of merchandise of $2,500 to $10,000 and filing a false report, continued to March 4. •Tina Marie Stewart, reckless endangerment, introducing contraband into a penal institution, two counts of evading arrest, simple possession of meth, simple possession and driver's license violation, continued to April 15. Hearings/motions •Heather Renee Flowers, possession of a Schedule I drug with intent, possession of a Schedule II drug with intent, possession of meth with intent, possession of a firearm during commission of a dangerous felony and possession of drug paraphernalia, Recovery Court application pending and continued to Feb. 18. •Darrell Wayne Smith, possession of a Schedule II drug with intent and theft of property of $2,500 to $10,000, fine and court costs waived; to pay $3,500 in restitution. •Addison Paige Woody, four counts of possession of meth with intent, two counts of possession of .5 grams of fentanyl, possession of more than 26 grams of meth with intent, possession of a Schedule I drug with intent, possession of a Schedule II drug with intent, driving while in possession of meth, introducing contraband into a penal institution and tampering with evidence, bond revocation hearing continued to March 4. Probation violations •Bret Alan Kearley, pleaded guilty to a probation violation of new charges and is to serve 90 days in jail at 75% and then be reinstated back on probation for the balance of an eight-year sentence. •Thomas Jefferson Lance, pleaded guilty to a probation violation of new charge and is to serve the balance of his two-year sentence with credit for 74 days already served. •Michael Scott Strader, Public Defender's Office appointed to represent Strader and probation violation hearing continued to Feb. 11. •Kailey Marie Abney, Public Defender's Office appointed to represent Abney and violation hearing continued to Feb. 18. •Lonnie Paul Davis, pleaded guilty to a probation violation of positive drug screen and is to serve 90 days in jail at 75% and then be reinstated back on probation for the balance of a two-year sentence. •William Ernest Kelley III, pleaded guilty to a probation violation and is to serve the balance of a one-year sentence. Boundover •Jimmy Luther Bowman Jr., Joseph Wyatt appointed to represent Bowman and continued to March 4. •Roger Diamond Jackson Jr. one case, continued to March 4. •Joey Lee Leach, one case, continued to Feb. 18. •Douglas Willard McCallister, one case, continued to March 4. •Danny Ellison Phillips Jr., one case, continued to March 4. •Dennis Edward Reagan, one case, continued to March 4. •Thomas Leon Reagan, one case, continued to March 4. •Bryant Dewayne Regan, one count, continued to March 4. •Tiffany Diane Parkman, one case, continued to March 4. •Joshua Dale Walker, one case, continued to March 4.
