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Oversight hearing: DA and city agencies outline gaps as San Francisco faces rising fentanyl deaths
Summary
At a lengthy committee hearing on accidental overdose deaths, the medical examiner, district attorney, SFPD and DPH described fentanyl as the dominant driver of a worsening local crisis and identified the need for better death investigations, more treatment capacity and stronger coordination between enforcement and public‑health responses.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee held a multi‑department hearing on January’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner report and departmental responses to accidental overdose deaths.
Dr. Luke Rutter of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner told the committee that opioid and polysubstance overdose deaths have risen sharply and that fentanyl was involved in roughly 70–80% of accidental overdose deaths. "Fentanyl accounts for about 70 to 80 percent of these accidental overdose deaths," he said, and described OCME's monthly reporting that informs demographic and drug‑profile trends.
District Attorney Chesa Boudin (appearing as DA Jenkins in the transcript) said his office has filed more than 1,000 drug‑dealing cases…
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