SF Politics Safe Drug-Consumption 'Wellness Hubs' Back on the Table In SF With New Proposed Legislation San Francisco may try to follow the "New York Model" of turning a blind eye and providing some funding for "wellness" centers that allow consumption of illegal drugs under new legislation being put forward by Supervisor Hillary Ronen.
SF Politics Progressive Supes Defy Mayor and Health Department Over Safe-Consumption 'Wellness Hubs,' Say They Will Open Plans to create a dozen "wellness hubs" around the city to replace the Tenderloin Center and permit safer consumption of dangerous drugs like fentanyl are stalled due to legal concerns.
SF News Mission District's Planned Overdose Prevention Site Scrapped by Mayor's Office The SF Mayor’s Office reportedly pulled the plug on the city’s first planned permanent overdose prevention site in the Mission, a week after shutting down the Tenderloin Center where onsite drug use spurred controversy.
SF News SF Likely to Move Ahead With Safe-Consumption Sites Run By Non-Profits, Despite Newsom Veto San Francisco would have neither the cover of the state nor federal governments, but city leaders are likely going to take Newsom's cue to go ahead with a model pioneered by New York City to have safe drug-consumption sites that are run by non-profits.
SF Politics Mayor Breed Pushes Again For Safe-Injection Sites Mayor London Breed and District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney are both backing a new local ordinance that would allow permitting for non-profits to open safe-injection sites in San Francisco — something that still needs the blessing of statewide legislation before it can happen.
SF News Task Force Says San Francisco Needs Safe Injection Facilities The final report from the Safe Injection Services Task Force recommends that San Francisco should set up multiple safe injection sites to help address a longstanding public health issue. The SF Examiner writes
SF News Everything You Need To Know About SF's Heroin Addiction Epidemic Every conversation about San Francisco's homeless problem needs to include an understanding of the growing injection drug problem that's affecting not only our city, but many around the nation in recent years. Addiction,
SF News London Breed Helps To Launch Task Force On Creating Safe Injection Sites Supervisor London Breed, who has lost family members to addiction, has come out as a strong advocate for establishing safe-injection sites in San Francisco a controversial topic for some who see such sites
