Re:What San Francisco Says About America
by FullMtlAlcoholc on Sunday September 18, 2016 @04:45AM
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I don't believe it was society moving away from keeping Pete institutionalized. It was a very deliberate action by the Reader administration to shut down scores of institutions, essentially shoving people out on to the street.
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Re:What San Francisco Says About America
by Spooky23 on Sunday September 18, 2016 @09:18PM
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It was both. Advocates were screaming for community based care. Other advocates were demanding an end to compulsory commitment, vagrancy/drunkenness laws and other reforms.
The politicians said "Yes!", over promised, under-delivered and kept everyone happy except for the ones who have little or no voice -- the folks who need help.