Section 4121 of the San Francisco Health Code currently provides that the City Attorney is designated to represent the City in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings and housing conservatorships for persons with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Section 4121 also designates the City Attorney to represent the City to impose conservatorships for gravely disabled persons except that the District Attorney is currently designated to represent the City in judicial proceedings to appoint a 'Murphy Conservatorship' which is a subset of conservatorships for gravely disabled persons.

The Proposed Ordinance would designate the City Attorney rather than the District Attorney in judicial proceedings seeking to impose a Murphy Conservatorship on individuals meeting the criteria set forth in Section 5008(h)(1)(B) of the California Welfare and Institutions Code.

The proposed ordinance would not have any direct fiscal impact on the Department of Public Health.