SF City Supervisor wants to see drug-free supportive housing options in the city

Officials want to halt city funds for ‘drug-tolerant’ housing

Supervisor Matt Dorsey said eviction would be on the table for anyone using drugs inside sober facilities.

SF City Supervisor wants to see drug-free supportive housing options in the city

Dorsey authored the bill along with Board President Rafael Mandelman, and it was co-sponsored by Supervisors Stephen Sherrill and Danny Sauter. He says many of the fatal overdoses in the city were tied to drug-tolerant housing options.

Dorsey wants to block city funding for supportive housing that isn't drug-free

Sup. Matt Dorsey is introducing legislation that would bar any city funding for supportive housing that isn’t drug-free. He said he’s introducing the bill after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a proposal that would have allowed cities to use state money for abstinence-only recovery housing. Newsom said that the bill wasn’t necessary, since the state already allows sober housing—if participants seek it voluntarily. California policy for many years has f…

In wake of Newsom sober housing veto, supes play hardball  - The Voice of San Francisco

In reaction to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent veto of AB 255, which would have allowed cities to allocate some state homelessness funds for drug-free supportive housing, San Francisco lawmakers are introducing a bill that would bar use of city funds for new supportive housing projects that allow drug use, instead funding “drug-free and recovery-focused options.”  The bill, authored by District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey and Board of Supervisors’ Presi…