My (controversial?) opinion is that the civil commitment laws aren't good enough. A (mentally ill) person shouldn't have to become a danger to others or themsel

My (controversial?) opinion is that the civil commitment laws aren't good enough. A (mentally ill) person shouldn't have to become a danger to others or themselves before a serious conversation about involuntary commitment can be had. And I acknowledge and fully accept that this is a very rough position to hold today. But, it is born out of over a decade of direct personal experience. It's come from watching the state of California continually fail to provide adequate support to my clinically diagnosed family member, to our family as people who care about this person, as well as failing to protect to public from him time and time again.