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David Sjostedt

San Francisco’s drug crisis response is missing this key group

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Black leaders are calling on the city to include them in devising a plan to combat fentanyl.

Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

The Q&A: First woman to head SF’s federal public defender office talks fentanyl, immigration and criminal justice reform

Jodi Linker now leads the office defending many of the city’s poorest, many of whom she says are being scapegoated by punitive drug-trafficking laws.

Politics Reporter

Gabe Greschler

Breed blames harm reduction strategy for surging drug overdose deaths

Politics

Mayor London Breed says the policy of harm reduction is fueling the city’s fentanyl crisis.

San Jose police union exec fired over fentanyl-smuggling allegations; federal authorities say she acted alone

The San Jose police union president said the feds believe Joanne Segovia acted alone in smuggling drugs and hiding them in chocolates and wedding gifts.

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Anna Tong

Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

DA Boudin and fentanyl: Court data shows just 3 drug dealing convictions in 2021 as immigration concerns shaped policy

Data obtained from San Francisco Superior Court show that District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s office secured just three total drug dealing convictions in 2021, as prosecutors weighed offenders’ immigration status.

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San Francisco’s drug crisis response is missing this key group

The Q&A: First woman to head SF’s federal public defender office talks fentanyl, immigration and criminal justice reform

Breed blames harm reduction strategy for surging drug overdose deaths

San Jose police union exec fired over fentanyl-smuggling allegations; federal authorities say she acted alone

DA Boudin and fentanyl: Court data shows just 3 drug dealing convictions in 2021 as immigration concerns shaped policy