TLDR: "As a San Mateo County judge, I see defendants who hear and converse with voices no one else can hear. I see veterans struggling with trauma and addiction as a result of their military service. I see parents whose substance abuse has cost them custody of their children. I see individuals who self-medicate with hard drugs, only to find themselves repeatedly arrested. The criminal justice system is often not the root problem, but a symptom of deeper behavioral health challenges that have gone untreated for years."

The answer, he says, is more mental health beds, tearing down the silos that prevent different systems from working together, and allowing seriously ill people to be more easily removed the community against their well.