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Supervisors recommend emergency declaration and urge rapid pilot of supervised consumption sites
Summary
The committee recommended to the full Board a resolution urging a local public health emergency on overdose deaths and immediate steps toward piloting supervised consumption/overdose prevention sites, after expert testimony and extensive public support; a non-substantive amendment clarifies the Board will "support" a mayoral proclamation. (Resolution forwarded with positive recommendation.)
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on Oct. 14 recommended to the full Board of Supervisors a resolution urging the mayor to declare a local public health state of emergency on the overdose crisis and to move promptly toward piloting supervised consumption (overdose prevention) sites. Chair Gordon Marr moved the recommendation after Supervisor Matt Haney's presentation and a non-substantive amendment; the committee recorded ayes and sent the item to the Board with a positive recommendation.
Supervisor Matt Haney, sponsor of the resolution, told the committee San Francisco has seen hundreds of overdose deaths this year and called supervised consumption services a lifesaving public health tool. "We are saving lives, and we…
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