 there's so much loss and it all didn't have to happen and I think for us it's just it was such a broken system that having to even involve the police. At this community event, Ton Hall spoke about her son Miles who was fatally shot when the police responded to his mental health crisis. We were kind of forced into a situation where now we had to use the police and that's why we're working so hard to make sure that there are safe alternatives for other families. Since 2015 about a quarter of individuals killed by police had a known mental illness with black men dying disproportionately. These incidents have sparked debate about removing law enforcement from responding to mental health crises. In 2020 the federal government established the number 988 as an alternative to calling 911. Now legislators in California are looking to implement this with Assembly Bill 988, the Miles Hall Lifeline Act. With the sponsorship of Nami Contra Costa and the Miles Hall Foundation, I've introduced AB 988 which will establish a crisis response line in California that connects people in mental health crisis with mental health professionals, not the police. These 24-7 crisis centers provide callers with support from counselors and can dispatch response teams of trained professionals. It's the Miles Hall Lifeline Act and if we had it, so many people who lived with challenges that are misunderstood by law enforcement because there's also individuals who have autism language barriers, you know, it could save their lives. Reporting for Cal TV, I'm Shannon Mackle.