. >> i am randall hager, director of government affairs for the california system. maybe i can answer some questions more specifically. the procedures and laura's law are civil procedures. they do not take place in a criminal court or before, judge. they are in a civil setting. it is the design of the law to be able to intervene when people are deteriorating and have a history that determines that they are going to have a predictable result of either committing a crime, going back to the hospital, or something else. the ability of anybody to petition for this is pretty much as you spoke. the behavior of help department refers the matter for investigation and a petition to the court. the court makes the determination according to the criteria in the law. i do not know if that helps parse out why laura's law is different from behavioral adult court. in terms of what i understand about a system in san francisco, the services are very much the same. the court is ordering people to have a treatment plan. it is pretty much the same. the distinction is the civil process th