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Committee sends overdose-prevention ordinance to full Board after DPH commits to departmental policies
Summary
Supervisor Matt Haney's ordinance requiring city departments and grantees to develop overdose-prevention policies was sent to the full Board with a positive recommendation after DPH described an implementation timeline and callers urged expansion of harm-reduction and treatment-on-demand services.
The Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee voted on May 27 to forward to the full Board of Supervisors a city ordinance by Supervisor Matt Haney that would require the Department of Public Health (DPH), the Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing (HSH), the Human Services Agency (HSA), and the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) to develop and submit departmental overdose-prevention policies.
Haney framed the ordinance by citing recent local overdose data and the need for a citywide standard for sites that serve people who use drugs, including shelters, navigation centers and…
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