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San Francisco committee backs ordinance to permit overdose‑prevention programs, urges state action
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted to forward an ordinance to create a local permitting framework for overdose‑prevention programs after hearing public‑health evidence and broad community support. Supervisors and health officials said sites can save lives; implementation details and whether smoking‑only consumption would be covered were left to permitting and future refinements.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted on June 11 to forward an ordinance that would amend the city health code to authorize and regulate overdose‑prevention programs, including supervised consumption sites. Supervisor Matt Haney, the item’s sponsor, told the committee the measure is part of a larger public‑health strategy to reduce overdose deaths, which he said rose from 259 in 2018 to 330 in 2019 in San Francisco. Haney described overdose‑prevention sites as ‘‘a tool that will help . . . save lives’’ and said local permitting is the next step pending state enabling legislation.
Eileen Loughran of the Department of Public Health presented supporting evidence for an…
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