The Public Guardian oversees LPS conservatorships for those without a private conservator. The Los Angeles County Office of the Public Guardian was established in 1945. 

Only the Public Guardian may take referrals for LPS conservatorship and file for temporary and permanent conservatorship.

The Los Angeles County Office of the Public Guardian falls under the Department of Mental Health. Jonathan Sherin, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Department of Mental Health, has been appointed by the Board of Supervisors as the Public Guardian and County Conservatorship Investigator. 

Office of the Public Guardian operations is managed by Deputy Director Connie D. Draxler.

Assistant Division Chief (current caseloads) is managed by Marie Guillaume

Assistant Division Chief (investigations) is managed by Luis Leyva

LPS Division Head is managed by Steve Dominguez.


Los Angeles Office of the Public Guardian
510 S Vermont Ave, 14th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90020.

Phone: LPS (213) 974-0527 


Hollywood Courthouse 5925 Hollywood Blvd.
Dept 103

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Official LA Public Guardian Website

Official County Website

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*Current LA Conservators*
Linda Stone Abrams
Public Guardian Liaison
Phone: (626) 821-4631
(626) 821-0858

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CHANGES IN MENTAL HEALTH COURTS Effective August 17, 2020,
the following changes will be implemented in the Mental Health courts:

• Mental Health courtroom Department 95A at the Metropolitan Courthouse will be relocated to the Hollywood Courthouse located at 5925 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, and will now be designated as Department 103.

• Judge Lisa R. Jaskol, currently presiding over Department 95A, will move to Department 103.

• A new hearing room, designated as Department 113, will open at the Hollywood Courthouse.

• Judge Robert Harrison will move from Department 103 to Department 113. As of August 17, 2020, the Clerk’s Office in Room 104 of the Hollywood Courthouse will be responsible for processing documents presented for filing in all Mental Health case types.

All public phone numbers for the courtrooms and Clerk’s Office will remain the same.

Facsimile filings will be accepted in the Clerk’s Office. The Court will not accept a facsimile-filed document in any location other than the Clerk’s Office.

Fax numbers are:

• 442-247-3972 for LPS Conservatorships at the Hollywood Courthouse
• 442-247-3957 for non-LPS Conservatorships case types at the Hollywood Courthouse

• Department 95B, renumbered as Department 203, Judge James Bianco presiding
• Department 95C, renumbered as Department 103, Judge Robert Harrison presiding
• Department 95D, renumbered as Department 213, Commissioner Laura Streimer presiding
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​How Do I find my Case Number?

A new case numbering system will be used for every mental health case type except PC 1368 proceedings. The new case number will reflect the year the case was initiated and letter designations (HW- hollywood courthouse) indicating the filing courthouse and litigation type (MH) mental health/LPS conservatorship.

Sample: 19 HW MH 12345 will appear on court documents and dockets
(most mental health dockets are not available to the public)