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Mayor Breed announces plan for first San Francisco drug sobering center; declines long‑term pledge to earmark Prop I revenue
Summary
Mayor London Breed told the Board of Supervisors the city will pursue a lease for a Selma Street drug sobering center offering peer support, nursing assessments and connections to care.
Mayor London Breed told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 13 that the city is moving forward with a lease to open what she described as the city's first drug sobering center, aimed at providing a nonjudgmental place for people experiencing substance use to be assessed and connected to care.
Breed said the center on Selma Street would provide one‑on‑one peer support, on‑site nurse health assessments, referrals for medical and psychiatric care, basic hygiene services and connection to job training, and would serve as an alternative site for outreach teams and the city's street crisis response team to bring people besides hospitals. "This center will have 1 on 1 peer support and on‑site nurse for health assessments, referrals for medical and psychiatric care," Breed said.
The mayor…
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