I'm saying local governments are the best equipped to solve the problem and drive reform. > The problem will never be solved this way unless it's pushed back t

I'm saying local governments are the best equipped to solve the problem and drive reform. > The problem will never be solved this way unless it's pushed back to its source. Well, the problem is that people have mental illness. That shouldn't be a federal issue, and tackling the problem state by state has the same "source of the problem" issue you're concerned about. The sanest solution and the sanest reform starts local. The legal changes and funding models should probably be state or national. But we don't get there until we expect our local government to be responsible instead of plaintive.