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by pcwalton 3272 days ago
> And the fact that she says she has bipolar depression (and she was on involuntarily mental commitment for 8-days!?! A 5150 in California is 72-hours!)

You can of course be involuntarily confined in California for over 72 hours. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanterman%E2%80%93Petris%E2%80...