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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CONTRA COSTA COUNT", CALIFORNIA
Date: November 14, 2000 Public Comment
Can this date, the Board of Supervisors opened Public Comment and the following
people appeared to speak:
Dana Simon, SEIU Local 250, 550 20' Street, Oakland, on IHSS
negotiations;
Debra Teal, 1207 Ricky Court, Suisun, regarding Mental Health
intervention for her sister;
Brandi Draper, 5218 Park Highlands Blvd., Concord, regarding Mental
Health intervention for her mother;
Ken Hambrick, Alliance of Contra Costa Taxpayer's, 365 Nob Hill Drive,
Walnut Creek, on proposed action steps for the County Library;
Barbara Hansen, 215 Eagle Lane, Brentwood, regarding a property issue in
K.nightsen.
THIS IS A MATTER FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY
NO BOARD ACTION WAS TAKEN
I am enclosing a copy of the History of Kathy's illness I wrote at her hearing when she
was last in Martinez Hospital.They released my sister because of existing laws.Please
read this and consider what needs to be done to rectify this from happening again and
again to her and others like her.
Thank You,
Debbie Teal
1207 Ricky Ct.
Suisun,CA 94585
707 429-2248
email Dartsix68 a@7cs.com OWN& '
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Each year,thousands of people die from mental illness.But with good
treatments and services,most of these deaths could have been
avoided.
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Kathy's mental illness was first apparent to the family approx. 18 years ago. She was
diagnosed as manic/depressive at that time. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia
approx. 4-6 years later. During a lot of this time Kathy saw a counselor and was on
medication,although she did quit the medication from time to time. She had occasional
drinking which became more frequent as time went on. When Kathy did drink she was
always violent She used to attack my parents and her husband regularly kicking and
hitting them leaving nasty bruises and lumps. This was in front of her children and
sometimes when her husband was holding them. Approx. 12 years ago on Thanksgiving
Kathy left her 2 year old,her 3 year old and her husband to move in with some guy. Her
drinking increased, she now refused medication completely, she became increasingly
violent. There have been many incidents of Kathy attacking our mother who went to
police and was photographed and got restraining orders against her. The police were
called many times to my mother's house to take her away as she would get wild
screaming and threatening. The San Pablo Police know my sister well. They know the
areas she frequents and have told me on many occasions that she is a known drug user
and have picked her up numerous times for attaching people on the street. She is
extremely violent and unpredictable. She has been taken by ambulance many times to
area hospitals and to Martinez Pyschiatric Hospital.From approx. 1982 until 3 years ago
when our father died Kathy just went from house to house from relationship to
relationship. Each stay lasting less and less timc.When our father died it changed her,
d:addy was also manic/depressive and had always been very close to her. She was
devastated by the loss and started living on the street. To my knowledge this is when she
first started self-medicating with street drugs as well as alcohol.Her anger and rage was
apparent most of the time now.Her times of calm were much fewer and far between.
Kathy stayed at my home several times for 1-2 weeks each time after daddy's death and
she would pace back and forth constantly and repeat over and over things she had said
and talk very threateningly about others especially our other sister Sharon who Kathy has
threatened to kill many times.Marry times when Kathy was admitted to Martinez Psych
she would call me from there and threaten Sharon.I called and told them at the hospital
but Kathy would be out the next day. 'There have been so many stays there I have lost
track. I have begged them to help her not spit her back out on the street to be hurt again.
:Kathy eats out of garbage cans,she sleeps in bushes or on the sidewalk,she walks around
in a shirt and nothing else a lot of the time. She is a practicing prostitute who does her
business behind a liquor store by the dumpster. She is beaten on a regular basis. I have
seen knots on her forehead that looked like an egg was under her skin which she lanced
herself Please help my sister,Please keep her here for the 14 day stay and Delp her to get
straightened out. On June 11*of this year our mother died which has affected her very
much also. Just last week my nephew went looking for her and found her behind that
same liquor store with a man holding a gun to her head forcing her to give him oral.sex.
Still Kathy says she is ok. SHE IS NOT OK!She is going to die on the street if someone
doesn't do something.Please,I am begging you to help my sister. I love her and I want
her to get getter,that will newer happen without some kind of intervention she does not
realize there is a problem. She told me yesterday it was going to be ok because she had a
new boyfriend who killed people and he would protect her,no one would hurt her
anymore. Kathy's hair was so matted yesterday it had to be cut. She cannot care for
herself; Please have compassion and keep her here for evaluation and treatment.-thank
you Debbie Teal,please subpeona police records they need to be seen
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NOVEMBER,1, 09, 20001
TO: COCO COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER, DR. DRAPER
FM: SAN PABLO POLICE DEPARTMENT
RE: MAGEE, KATHERINE, N. 569-88-5766
THIS REPORT IS IN REGARD TO THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF
MAGEE, AND HER INABILITY TO CARE FOR HERSELF. DUE TO HER
DEMONSTRATED CONDITION, SHE HAS CONTINUED TO BECOME A
THREAT TO HERSELF, AND OTHERS SHE CONTACTS.
BACKgROUND
THE FOLLOWING POLICE CONTACTS ARE ON RECORD.
09110191 W&I 5150 11110199 DISTURBANCE
12116199 W&I 5150
12117100 W&I 5150
04116100 W&I51503
06/06/00 W&I 5150
06/26100 W&I 5150
11/09/00 W&15150
MAGEE IS HOMELESS AND CANNOT PROVIDE FOR HERSELF, THE BASIC
NEEDS SUCH AS SHELTER, FOOD, AND HYGIENE DUE TO HER MENTAL
CONDITION. DURING POLICE CONTACTS, SHE CONTINUES TO APPEAR
DELUSIONAL AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY_ SHE HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY CONFRONTATIONAL AND AGGRESSIVE IN HER BEHAVIOR
AND IS A DANGER TO HERSELF AS WELL AS OTHERS SHE CONTACTS.
MAGEE'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY HAS SAID SHE IS NEED OF MEDICAL CARE,
SPECIFICALLY, SHE HAS LUMPS ON HER BREAST AND REFUSES TO
SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
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