Conservatorship of T.B.

BACKGROUND

The Petition and Pre-Trial Proceedings On August 4, 2022, after T.B. was charged in a criminal case with two counts of misdemeanor battery upon a peace officer (Pen. Code, § 243, subd. (b)) and found incompetent to stand trial (id., § 1368), her case was referred to the Public Guardian’s Office of Contra Costa County (Public Guardian) to investigate a possible conservatorship for her. (Id. § 1370.01, subd. (b)(1)(D)(iii).) Deputy Conservator Melinda Shrock, MFT, prepared a report on her investigation. In the report, Shrock noted that she had evaluated T.B. at the detention facility and reviewed T.B.’s medical and psychiatric history, as well police reports from the criminal proceedings. Shrock reported that T.B., then 46 years old, had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and methamphetamine use disorder. She had been homeless since at least 2011. Shrock determined that T.B. was gravely disabled in that she was unable to provide for her food, clothing, and shelter due to having a major mental illness. Shrock thus recommended that T.B. be placed in locked mental

2 health facility where she could obtain structured treatment and safety and be appointed a…