At least 98 deaths related to drug overdoses have already been confirmed this year in San Francisco — with 40% of those related to fentanyl consumption. Starting Monday, Mothers Against Drug Deaths will have a billboard downtown that brings attention to the city’s overdose and drug sales crisis.

Overdose deaths from fentanyl and other drugs in San Francisco went down for the first time in three years according to new data for 2021, marking what experts hope is a leveling off in accidental drug deaths thanks to public-health interventions.

The opioid crisis rages on in San Francisco's Tenderloin District and elsewhere across the Bay Area, despite being overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic in the last five months.

With an estimated 30 percent of fentanyl overdoses taking places in SROs, Mayor Breed sets aside a few hundred grand to train residential hotel staff and tenants to properly administer Narcan.