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Committee adopts resolution urging comprehensive drug‑market intervention to address fentanyl crisis
Summary
The committee adopted and forwarded to the full Board a resolution urging implementation of a community‑driven Drug Market Intervention (DMI) strategy to address the fentanyl crisis, including funding priorities, an amendment limiting reliance on enforcement, and requests for interagency coordination.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted March 13 to adopt and forward to the full Board of Supervisors a resolution urging San Francisco to implement a comprehensive drug market intervention (DMI) strategy to address the city’s fentanyl crisis.
Vice Chair Bridal Mahmood introduced the resolution, which she said prioritizes a community‑driven approach to dismantling open air drug markets and creating prevention and intervention pathways for people involved in the drug trade. Mahmood told the committee the DMI framework centers on three components: incapacitation (coordinated law enforcement action), deterrence (preventing market reformation), and prevention (workforce and youth development). She said the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (DMACC), in operation since 2023, has seized over 300 pounds of fentanyl and resulted in more than 2,000 felony drug arrests, and that the resolution calls for fully funding and expanding coordinated efforts.
Mahmood offered an amendment (quoted on the record) clarifying that enforcement alone cannot eliminate drug markets and “should be minimized whenever possible,” and that the strategy should prioritize interagency collaboration and community‑based alternatives, including expanded pathways to employment, education and rehabilitation for non‑violent dealers and people with substance use disorders. Supervisor Dorsey and Supervisor Danny Sauter both voiced support for the amendment and for centering community‑based organizations in DMI efforts.
No members of the public spoke on the item during committee; the committee voted 3‑0 on the amended resolution. The clerk will forward the amended measure with a positive recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors for further consideration.
