SF Politics Supes Haney And Ronen Unveil Sweeping Mental Health Bill, Mayor Is Quick To Oppose It Mayor Breed comes out swinging against the scaled-down compromise bill, because people with health insurance could qualify for taxpayer-funded care.
SF News SF's Largest Mental Health Facility? It's The County Jail, Claims Report "Most of the patients I see as a psychiatry resident at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are very ill," Alison Hwong, a psychiatrist in her residency at UCSF, writes in
SF News Inspired By Spate Of Palo Alto Deaths, Facebook Makes Suicide Prevention Tools Available To All Users Some cries for help are clearer than others, and sometimes there are no cries to be heard at all, but even when a so-called "red flag" is (metaphorically) held aloft
SF News San Francisco Sues Nevada For Being A Horrible Neighbor After news broke earlier this year that a psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas was loading mental patients on Greyhound buses and shipping them out of the state to San Francisco and L.A.
SF News Masturbating Dude Arrested At Muni Bus Stop This is gross. A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly rubbing one out at a Muni bus stop in Presidio Heights. At around 9 a.m. Wednesday, officers received
SF News S.F. Investigating Nevada Hospital For 'Dumping' Mental Patients Prerequisite lede: by differing standards, there are lots of mental cases in S.F. But San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera's office has opened a formal investigation into allegations that Nevada
SF News Toddler-Kicking Woman Too Volatile For Court Sabryna Bell, 24, the woman who stands accused of kicking a two-year-old in the torso in Golden Gate Park on Monday, didn't appear in court on Thursday. Why? Because
SF News Lady High On Bath Salts Found Barefoot, Screaming In Middle Of Intersection Remember when bath salts were all the rage ? Well, it's back in the news and worse than ever. One Tuesday, police found a "highly agitated female" standing in the
SF News Man With Bounty Of Firearms, List Of Politicians Names Arrested In Haight-Ashbury Yikes. A man, initially busted by cops for merely smoking a cigarette in Golden Gate Park, was arrested in the Haight for having several weapons, ammunition, and "a card that contained a
SF News Aubrey Huff's Anxiety Disorder Prompts Local Media Mental Health Disclosures It was announced yesterday that Aubrey Huff will be placed on the disabled list due to an anxiety disorder, which explains why the first baseman and outfielder suddenly left the Giants. "Obviously,
SF News Oakland Mom Stabbed By Schizophrenic Son This morning police found an Oakland woman locked inside her home suffering from a stab wound. It seems the woman was stabbed by her schizophrenic son, who is still at large. The incident
SF News 'No Bipolars' Ad Agency Makes Stunning Turnaround In Job Ad Controversy Earlier this month, we brought your attention to local ad agency Palmer Advertising's Craigslist ad. The advertisement seeking a print/web designer caused a stir since it mentioned that, however humorously
SF News San Francisco Ad Agency Won't Hire Bipolars A friendly reminder that, according to ADA laws, discriminating against a candidate or employee based on their mental health is illegal. Which is why, however tongue-in-cheek, San Francisco-based ad agency
Arts & Entertainment 'John Lennon Murder Truth' Mobile Makes Trader Joe's Parking Lot Appearance Popular among Bay Area conspiracy-theorist junkies for years, the "Truth About John Lennon" van popped up at the Stonestown Trader Joe's parking lot today. And why not? Even
SF News Armed Man Threatens to Blow Up Bay Bridge, Doesn't Around 7:10am during this morning's commute, a heavyset man in a Black SUV called in to the KCBS traffic tipline to alert them to a potential traffic jam: his own
SF News Gunman Storms Children's Hospital in Oakland A man is in custody today after storming the Oakland Children's Hospital's emergency room around 3 a.,m. this morning. The unidentified man brandished a gun and took a
SF News Men Most Likey to Jump Off Golden Gate Bridge White men, according to a recent report released by the Marin County Coroner, are more likely to take the final plunge off of the Golden Gate Bridge. The report is an update to
SF News Price is Right Reject Causes Bomb Scare in SF Reason for today's 275 Battery shutdown and bomb scare? Yep, "The Price is Right" is at fault. Naturally. As SFist commenter Jackd tells SFist: some guy went up to
misc Mayor Gavin Newsom: "Poopfinger" Crazy sidewalk artist quips: Gavin "Poopfinger" Knew-Some for Governor A gallon of Dipity-Do and an assortment of powerful psych meds Well... yeah, we really don't have anything
SF News Proposition It II - Election Boogaloo As Lionel Richie would say “Karamu, fiesta, forever/Come on and sing along." Proposition 63- Mental Health Services Expansion, Funding. Tax on Personal Incomes Above $1 Million. This measure basically calls for
