San Francisco has become codependent in the name of compassion in the face of an unprecedented addiction crisis. Would you treat your own child this way? @mattdorsey explains here:
We have hundreds of organized drug dealers on the street. They work in shifts, like a business. And the drug they're selling (Fentanyl) is killing 2 people per day in #SanFrancisco. It's destroying the most vulnerable in our community and must stop.
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What this opinion by @JustMrPhillips fails to mention is the 10+ times they mentioned the word "recovery." You know how many times @SF_DPH mentions "recovery" in there new 3 year OD prevention plan? Three times. Three. In a 72 page plan. #SanFranciscosfchronicle.com/bayarea/justin…
The bottom line is that @mattdorsey@BrookeJenkinsSF@LondonBreed & @SFPDChief at least recognize recovery. I was in the Tenderloin and SOMA yesterday. There's a subset of people that need a "nudge" toward recovery. If we leave them out there, they'll die.
Illicit Fentanyl has changed the game. It crosses all demographic lines. It doesn't care who you are. You can be an OG homeless guy or a young teenager. We must intervene with a combination of healthcare and public safety approaches.
I'm going to go on a little rant about politics and ideology in #SanFrancisco as it pertains to crime, homelessness and drugs. Mind you, I'm a biracial middle class male who 4+ years ago found myself homeless and badly addicted to heroin. 🧵 sfchronicle.com/opinion/editor…
Prior to falling into my addiction, I guess I thought I was a Progressive. I voted Democrat in every election since 1988. My dad was an old Teamster and a "Kennedy Democrat" and I grew up being told Reagan was the worst President in history.
Then in my 40's I fell out. I made some bad financial decisions and found myself at a dead-end county job with CCSF. I was unhappy, worried all the time about money, my marriage was tanking. Enter Oxycodone and everything changed.
@ShellenbergerMD was contacted by a former "homeless expert" in SF. That person literally confirms everything Shellenberger and I have been saying about "open drug scenes" and more importantly, who is actually controlling policy around the "homeless crisis" in SF.
“To pretend that this city could build enough permanent supportive housing for every homeless person who needs it is ludicrous,” the person said. “I wish it weren’t."
Is there any another city that has 1,000 organized drug dealers "working" in plain site in broad daylight downtown? Truly a self inflicted wound. And we're all hurting for it. @ShellenbergerMD
What's "equitable" about a community made up of mostly BIPOC going to city hall with their kids asking for intervention while those who defend the status quo live up the hills in neighborhoods shielded by geography from this decline? sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/hea…
"Is it humane to allow people to live, get sick and too often die in encampments, knowing they will likely wait years for housing?" latimes.com/california/sto…
This is the question we must ask ourselves and our elected leaders throughout #California. It's time for "Right To Shelter" in this state. It delivers for all sides. @CAgovernor@MayorOfLA@LondonBreed
Homeless encampments or "Open Drug Scenes" would be broken up. People moved indoors or to a safe space, buys time to create permanent supportive housing while offering services to the homeless. @ShellenbergerMD@calif_peace