Senior Politics Editor

Annie Gaus

Newsom was joined by members of his cabinet and the mayor’s chief of staff and spoke to residents about fentanyl. 

Mayor London Breed has also asked for federal help, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will speak to the city’s drug problems soon. 


The mayor wants to open the floodgates for private donations to address drugs and homelessness. 

Mayoral candidate Mark Farrell says troops could help fight the fentanyl crisis in the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.

The price of fentanyl can be three times more expensive in other cities than in San Francisco—why?