grant colfax, shareen mcfadden, and kelly hirmoto, director of transitions of the department of public health. so, with that. >> can i see if any of my other colleagues have opening comments? no? no? i just -- make a few opening remarks. i wanted to start off by just saying how much we all agree that abandoning mentally ill people to wander the street without care or medication is morally wrong and dangerous and i agree with the mayor and supervisor mandelman that our system is broken. i think we have seen that in the last few hearings we have had on the subject at the budget committee. and that i desperately want to help mentally ill people and people suffering from substance abuse who are very ill on our streets. be all know that when reagan closed the mental health hospitals in the 1980s we never created an alternative place for people to go and it's way pastime that we build a modern care system for people with mental illness and substance use disorders. i also want to make it clear that i believe that some people need forced treatment. i believe in conserving people in certain cir