A lengthy public comment period at the Fulton County Board meeting included sustained testimony on jail conditions, alleged deed fraud, homelessness, predatory property investment, and strong public support for county action on women’s health and diversion programs.

Several speakers who said they had been housed at the Rice Street facility described assaults and inadequate jail healthcare and raised concerns about staff responses and oversight (public commenters in SEG 263-280 and SEG 1069-1110). Janet Hill and other residents alleged deed‑fraud activity affecting seniors and legacy communities and urged the county to investigate and return stolen properties; those claims drew calls for internal audits and stronger anti‑fraud processes (SEG 671–707).

Speakers representing Policy Alternative Division (PAD/PADD), diversion center partners, and program participants described PADD’s role in diverting people away from arrest and into housing, mental‑health and substance‑use treatment. Multiple commenters urged continued or increased funding for PAD and the diversion center, arguing these services reduce arrests and recidivism and connect people with care (SEG 350–383; SEG 392–456; SEG 572–576).

Public health advocates urged support for three items on the agenda — including a $1 million Healthy Women Healthy Families grant program and creation of a women’s commission — and described maternal‑health disparities, particularly for Black women in Fulton County (SEG 434–480; SEG 6478–6524). Board members later debated and failed to adopt some of those proposals at the meeting.

What was recorded: dozens of in‑person and Zoom speakers documented concerns about jail operations, property fraud, diversion funding, and public‑health initiatives. The board took some funding and contract votes (including $400,000 for PAD via an MOU) and deferred or declined other policy proposals.

Note: Public comments contain allegations and calls for investigations; transcript records the statements as claims or demands, not proven findings.