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Tenderloin hearing exposes scale of open‑air drug markets; community urges task force and expanded LEAD, treatment and housing
Summary
Supervisors convened an extensive hearing on open‑air drug dealing in the Tenderloin, Mid‑Market and SoMa. Presentations from the Budget & Legislative Analyst, SFPD, DA, probation, DPH and community groups showed concentrated arrests and costs in District 6, described enforcement and diversion efforts (including LEAD pilot), and generated near‑unanimous community calls for a resourced, multi‑sector task force focused on prevention, harm reduction, treatment, enforcement and economic opportunity.
Supervisor Haney opened a multi‑agency hearing on the city's response to open‑air drug dealing in the Tenderloin, Mid‑Market and South of Market. The Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) summarized a citywide cost and activity report that conservatively estimated policing and related costs at roughly $12.5 million in FY 2017‑18 for the neighborhoods studied and showed arrests concentrated in District 6 (Tenderloin/Southern) with crack, heroin and meth accounting for about 76% of narcotics‑related bookings.
SFPD representatives described a multi‑pronged enforcement strategy: citywide narcotics…
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