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David Sjostedt

One week after Dreamforce, SF’s open-air drug markets are back in action

News

A rare calm after midnight on Sixth Street was short-lived.

Garrett Leahy

Express Desk Reporter

Max Harrison-Caldwell

Senior News Editor

Jennifer Wadsworth

SF mayor stands up to Trump: National Guard won’t fix city’s drug crisis

Politics

Sending troops “will do nothing to get fentanyl off the streets or make our city safer,” Mayor Daniel Lurie said.

Officials want to halt city funds for ‘drug-tolerant’ housing

Supervisor Matt Dorsey said eviction would be on the table for anyone using drugs inside sober facilities. 

Lurie slams Newsom’s veto of sober housing law

The city recently opened its first abstinence shelter, with other programs underway. The mayor says the governor’s veto threatens that progress. 

Fed up with drug users, street vigilantes are wielding Narcan ‘like a weapon’

Online commenters have called the alleged use of Narcan on unsuspecting victims a “new strategy for moving bums out of your way.” Health experts say it could kill.

Fentanyl

One week after Dreamforce, SF’s open-air drug markets are back in action

SF mayor stands up to Trump: National Guard won’t fix city’s drug crisis

Officials want to halt city funds for ‘drug-tolerant’ housing

Lurie slams Newsom’s veto of sober housing law

Fed up with drug users, street vigilantes are wielding Narcan ‘like a weapon’