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Mayor says fentanyl emergency ordinance unlocked contracts, housing and treatment capacity; backs drug market intervention
Summary
Mayor Daniel Lurie told the Board the fentanyl state of emergency ordinance sped up contracting, hiring and housing and treatment expansions — and said he will add his name to a board-supported drug market intervention strategy.
Mayor Daniel Lurie told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Dec. 16 that the city's fentanyl state of emergency ordinance has allowed his office and departments to act faster on housing, treatment and public-safety efforts.
"Since its passage, we have moved quickly to unlock resources and deploy new tools to get fentanyl off our streets and keep San Franciscans safe," Lurie said, describing expedited hiring and contracting and an acceleration of behavioral-health programming.
Lurie said departments used the ordinance to expand services and capacity: his office and City departments "execute[d] 31…
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