this is about public conservatorships, so stiesk -- francisco can step in for people and get them into services. we want these people on our streets who are dying to get the housing and the care they need. we don't want them to end up in the criminal justice system, which unfortunately is what often happens now. we're often paralyzed by what we see every day on our streets, and it's easy to become numb, but we can't be numb. these are human beings, these are san francisco residents. these are people who need help, and we need to help them. the current public conservatorship laws are simply too rigid to allow counties to help those who are in the great i say distress on our streets. too often after a 72-hour hold or perhaps a 14 day hold, people sober up become more lucid, and there's no longer a basis to continue to work with them and conserve even, even though it will be a resolving door, and they'll be back on the streets and in the hands of the city before long. this -- our current public conservatorship laws are particularly ineffective in addressing severe drug addiction because p