S.F. Mayor Breed declares state of emergency in the Tenderloin
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#2I know a lot of people are going to criticize this move but man the Tenderloin needs something to change.
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#3I know a lot of people are going to criticize this move but man the Tenderloin needs something to change.
The only criticism I can see coming is that this should've been done months ago.
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#4It appears the management has given up on the Tenderloin Gentrification Project. Or maybe the SoE could be used to rezone the SROs into condos?
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#6I really don't understand why this wasn't done years ago.
> is concerned that the emergency declaration is being used to support her plan for more policing in the neighborhood, which could criminalize people with substance use disorders before resources such as the supervised drug-use site or a planned drug sobering center open.
Honest question. Is a supervised drug-use site an effective approach for reducing drug use long term? Does it help get people into services that help them deal with addiction? Or is it just meant to supervise potential overdoes and intervene?
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#7I really don't understand why this wasn't done years ago. > is concerned that the emergency declaration is being used to support her plan for more policing in the neighborhood, which could criminalize people with substance use disorders before resources such as the supervised drug-use site or a planned drug sobering center open. Honest question. Is a supervised drug-use site an effective approach for reducing drug us…
Regan passed a bunch of bills as Governor that basically disbanded mental health care for the homeless.
Since it’s illegal to stick them in a drug rehab clinic, mandatory counseling sessions, or even force them back on their meds (with their prior written consent), all that’s left is putting them out of the public eye while they get high, I guess.
Or, maybe we could just switch the law back to what it was in 70’s.
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#8I really don't understand why this wasn't done years ago. > is concerned that the emergency declaration is being used to support her plan for more policing in the neighborhood, which could criminalize people with substance use disorders before resources such as the supervised drug-use site or a planned drug sobering center open. Honest question. Is a supervised drug-use site an effective approach for reducing drug us…
Regan passed a bunch of bills as Governor that basically disbanded mental health care for the homeless. Since it’s illegal to stick them in a drug rehab clinic, mandatory counseling sessions, or even force them back on their meds (with their prior written consent), all that’s left is putting them out of the public eye while they get high, I guess. Or, maybe we could just switch the law back to what it was in 70’s.
Were these law irrevocable? If not, every governor and state legislature since then are also complicit.
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#9It's great London Breed is acknowledging SF's policy flaws... but I hope SF gets a new-mayor that is genuine about fixing the city rather than keep the Mayor who has for years exacerbated these problems and only decided to do something now because it was politically expedient.
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#10I really don't understand why this wasn't done years ago. > is concerned that the emergency declaration is being used to support her plan for more policing in the neighborhood, which could criminalize people with substance use disorders before resources such as the supervised drug-use site or a planned drug sobering center open. Honest question. Is a supervised drug-use site an effective approach for reducing drug us…
Regan passed a bunch of bills as Governor that basically disbanded mental health care for the homeless. Since it’s illegal to stick them in a drug rehab clinic, mandatory counseling sessions, or even force them back on their meds (with their prior written consent), all that’s left is putting them out of the public eye while they get high, I guess. Or, maybe we could just switch the law back to what it was in 70’s.
> Regan
Reagan
> passed a bunch of bills as Governor
Governors don't unilaterally “pass bills”. They sign (or veto) bills passed by the legislator.
> that basically disbanded mental health care for the homeless.
Deinstitutionalization was a bipartisan, national phenomenon driven in large parts by abuse scandals in institutions.