San Francisco, CA
$20K for a restraining order? SF businesses want city help against repeat offenders
The serial offenders are, in many ways, the result of California’s decades-long struggle to treat its mentally ill residents.
State law allows courts to place people in conservatorships — in which another party manages finances and medical treatment — if they pose a threat to themselves or others or are so gravely disabled that they can’t provide for their own basic needs.
On paper, Triball — the man who allegedly threatened to hogtie and burn Lemon — is a prime candidate for conservatorship. According to Mandelman, who has spoken with police about Triball, the 38-year-old is not conserved.
Triball has an extensive history of drug use and homelessness and has physically assaulted people in the Castro multiple times over the last four years.
In 2020, Triball was accused of chasing a man after trapping him inside a business. In 2021, he was arrested on suspicion of battery against a police officer. In 2022, he allegedly punched a man’s face, breaking his nose, outside a bar. Most recently, he threatened to attack a tourist with a blowtorch.