Staff told the Solutions Council that roughly half of the NOFO questions changed this year, increasing focus on law‑enforcement engagement and availability of substance‑use treatment; county staff said they gathered data on encampments and services to respond.

Public defenders and criminal-defense groups opposed AB 18 30 as written, arguing it removes judicial discretion, risks disproportionate harm to low-income and Latino drivers, and could result in enforcement that funnels people through repeated penalties rather than treatment.

Shelby County Drug Court leaders asked commissioners to appropriate $500,000 from opioid settlement funds for treatment and structured living for opioid (often fentanyl) users, saying the county's drug court is the state's largest and faces high inpatient treatment costs.

At a May 14 committee hearing, the district attorney warned that mental health diversion referrals into drug court have surged and included defendants charged with serious violent offenses, while the Public Defender and DPH urged more treatment funding and staffing to improve outcomes.

Deputy County Executive Casey Halkin and justice partners told supervisors Prop 36 raised felony exposure for repeat drug/theft offenses and added a court-mandated treatment path, but county staff reported only one defendant enrolled so far in the mandated treatment stream; supervisors directed staff to return with in-custody treatment options.

Overdose deaths in San Francisco are down nearly 50% year-over-year as treatment access rises.

Presiding Judge Heidi Lindren and the state's attorney outlined plans for a new expedited court to hear class 5 and 6 felonies and presumptive-probation cases, aiming to reduce status hearings and jail population pressures by creating a dedicated pipeline and multi-disciplinary "pods."

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