Conservatorship of Angelina S. CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

On October 23, 2013, Angelina was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold pursuant to section 5150 after she was found yelling at people in the street and the police were called.2 When law enforcement approached her, Angelina was speaking nonsensically and was unable to report any plans to care for herself. Specifically, she stated that she planned to stay at the Broadway Motel because she owned it, although this was not true. Later that day she was involuntarily admitted to Sempervirens, Humboldt County’s inpatient psychiatric facility, after presenting as very agitated and disorganized and making delusional statements about methamphetamine. Specifically, she told Dr. Jasen Christensen, her admitting psychiatrist, that she was a type of god or “the God” and that she uses methamphetamine to “heal herself.” On October 26, 2013, Angelina was served with a 14-day certification pursuant to section 5250, authorizing an additional period of involuntary treatment. Thereafter, by letter dated November 5, 2013, Dr. Christensen requested that the Humboldt County Public Guardian (Public Guardian) institute temporary conservatorship proceedings with respect to Angelina “to provide…