The city of San Francisco is prepared to defy the governor and launch a safe drug consumption site program despite his decision to veto a bill authorizing such facilities on Monday.
Shortly after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced that he had vetoed the legislation from Sen. Scott Wiener (D), San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu released a statement saying that he “fully” supports allowing a non-profit to move ahead with offering the harm reduction services in order to “save lives.”
He suggested that the organization could be modeled after the first sanctioned safe consumption sites that opened in New York City late last year.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D) also seemed to tentatively endorse the idea, calling Newsom’s veto “disappointing” and writing that the city “will keep working with our community partners to find a way forward, and we will also continue to advocate to the federal government about this critical public health response.”
“We’ve got work to do, but we aren’t stopping,” she said.
We will keep working with our community partners to find a way forward, and we will also continue to advocate to the federal government about this critical public health response. We’ve got work
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