{"id":1825192,"date":"2023-01-26T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825192"},"modified":"2023-01-26T13:09:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:09:58","slug":"san-francisco-lawmakers-could-skirt-ban-on-safe-injection-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-lawmakers-could-skirt-ban-on-safe-injection-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Lawmakers Could Skirt Ban on &#8216;Safe Injection Sites&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-francisco-lawmakers-could-skirt-ban-on-safe-injection-sites%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>California Democrats have begun to move forward with plans to open safe injection sites. Gavin Newsom (D.), vetoed the bill that would have legalized them.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic supervisors suggested a plan to establish &#8220;wellness centers&#8221; The KRON San Francisco would offer a variety of services, including places for drug consumption.<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/san-francisco-supervisors-pushing-to-open-safe-drug-consumption-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Breed-Nonprofits-should-move-forward-with-17726462.php?fbclid%3DIwAR3NtyghpXMdmYbfadrMeVklyr8e1MvK5A1CFvtua8A2k3QhwHHbnUHVUQs&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1674837563540000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1LlBfXGDr6Xz-PfuznnPgc\">reported<\/a>. These centers would be partly funded by the taxpayers but not entirely by the private sector\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryRonen\/status\/1616100664706478081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryRonen\/status\/1616100664706478081&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1674837563540000&#038;usg=AOvVaw07OaJWBq0WCMQs-vgIngLK\">nonprofits<\/a> The funds and operation of the &#8220;safe consumption areas&#8221; for drug users. Breed has already been successful in convincing Mayor London Breed (D.), to join their initiative. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Breed-Nonprofits-should-move-forward-with-17726462.php?fbclid=IwAR3NtyghpXMdmYbfadrMeVklyr8e1MvK5A1CFvtua8A2k3QhwHHbnUHVUQs\">suggested<\/a> While the city debates whether the proposal is legal, nonprofits continue to work on plans for safe injection sites.<\/p>\n<p>August&#8217;s Newsom vetoed a bill to legalize publicly-funded injection sites in many California cities.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest effort by San Francisco lawmakers to manage the city\u2019s addiction problem. The city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/san-francisco-addicts-kept-state-of-bondage-syringe-exchange-programs-former-drug-user-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boasts<\/a> More than 20 &#8220;harm reduction centers&#8221; Where drug users can get clean crack pipes or free needles. Last month, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a budget of $5.5 million for drug-use hubs in the city. This would provide drug users with medical care.<\/p>\n<p>These injection sites are safe, progressive lawmakers claim. This has not been the case. The city in December <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/san-francisco\/tenderloin-linkage-center-closure\/3101390\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shut down<\/a> The controversial Tenderloin linkage center, which cost $22 million to build and is intended to connect high-risk drug users with public assistance. Breed pledged to make the site, which is currently under construction, a reality. <a href=\"https:\/\/sfmayor.org\/article\/san-francisco-opens-linkage-center-part-tenderloin-emergency-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened<\/a> In January 2022, overdose deaths would be reduced. The city had 625 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/san-francisco\/2022\/12\/14\/safe-consumption-sites-san-francisco-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overdose deaths<\/a> In 2022, it will be 41 percent higher than the pre-pandemic level.<\/p>\n<p>The Linkage Center was purposefully constructed in the Tenderloin, which is home to San Francisco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/public.substack.com\/p\/san-francisco-government-is-secretly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largest<\/a> &#8220;open air drug market.&#8221; Tenderloin small business owners are encouraged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tenderloinbusinesscoalition.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanding tax refunds<\/a> from the city to make up for the loss of business they say is caused by the city\u2019s inaction on drug use and crime.<\/p>\n<p>Breed was scheduled to meet with the coalition on Tuesday, but the group postponed the meeting to February. The group sent an email to members Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Democrats are forging ahead with a plan to open so-called safe injection sites after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) vetoed a bill that would have legalized them.<br \/>\nThe post San Francisco Lawmakers Could Skirt Ban on &#8216;Safe Injection Sites&#8217; appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1604,"featured_media":1825195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[7008,4641,13270,3673,6551,7285,7022,16598],"class_list":["post-1825192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-ban","tag-francisco","tag-injection","tag-lawmakers","tag-safe","tag-san","tag-sites","tag-skirt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1604"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1825192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1825195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1825192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1825192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1825192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}