Supervisors debate wellness centers and supervised consumption as funding fight delays action; Overdose Awareness resolution continued

San Francisco supervisors clashed Sept. 5 over how to use funding approved this year to open three neighborhood wellness centers and whether the city should prioritize supervised consumption services (often called overdose prevention sites) or redirect some dollars to custodial and reentry services.

Supervisor Ronan outlined a plan to open three wellness centers — one each in the Mission, the Tenderloin and SoMa — saying the centers should open at the same time and that each should include a full ``wellness" service mix with counseling, wound care, meals and, ultimately, overdose prevention rooms. "We can't open OPC tomorrow unless we have the wellness center open," Ronan said, using the commonly used shorthand for overdose prevention rooms.

Ronan said $19,000,000 was included in the recently adopted budget to open three wellness centers this fiscal year and urged the mayor to give a…