SF Mayor Unveils Plan to Arrest, Treat Drug Users and Open up New Sobering Center

SF mayor unveils plan to arrest, treat drug users and open up new sobering center

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is unveiling a new plan to tackle the city's drug crisis, which involves opening up a new sobering center.

San Francisco to tackle drug use with sobering center

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is rolling out a new approach to one of the city’s oldest problems. The goal is to better tackle open air drug use in the city, and the mayor’s new solution involves both arrests and treatment. “Let me say we as a city were caught flat footed by the fentanyl crisis, since January we are tackling this in new and innovative ways,” Lurie said. It began with neighborhood outreach teams, then added treatment and recov…

Open data shows S.F. police drug calls surge 50 percent in two days - The Voice of San Francisco

Between Nov. 9 and 11, San Francisco saw a 50 percent surge in police calls from residents reporting drug-related activity, according to city open data presented on a new website, 911sf.org. The spike appears concentrated in the Tenderloin and neighboring South of Market neighborhoods. Many dispatch notes were tagged with terms like “drug” or “dealer,” marking a sharp uptick in localized drug-related reports. In addition to tracking real-time di…