{"id":1937912,"date":"2023-05-25T11:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-booed-during-outdoor-drug-crisis-hearing\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T11:44:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:44:36","slug":"san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-booed-during-outdoor-drug-crisis-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-booed-during-outdoor-drug-crisis-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Mayor London Breed Booed at Drug Crisis Hearing."},"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\">18<\/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-mayor-london-breed-booed-during-outdoor-drug-crisis-hearing%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=1937912&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--><blockquote>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0525\/1f9eb572-dbaa-4597-a933-a6cc5c4751b8\/audio.mp3?length=2805165&#038;duration=234\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>San Francisco Mayor Heckled and Forced to Cut Short Public Hearing<\/h2>\n<p>San Francisco Mayor London Breed was forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-limbaughs-moving-sign-off-today-video\/\" title=\"Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Moving Sign Off Today (Video)\">cut short<\/a> an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-booed-during-outdoor-drug-crisis-hearing\/\" title=\"SF Mayor London Breed Booed at Drug Crisis Hearing.\">outdoor public hearing held<\/a> at the United Nations Plaza in the city\u2019s downtown on May 23 after being heckled by protesters, one of whom allegedly threw a brick that hit another attendee.<\/p>\n<p>Breed, a Democrat, was joined by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jrn6xgCO3o8&#038;t=399s\">open-air hearing<\/a> to discuss the ongoing problems facing the city, including homelessness and a drug crisis, including a surge in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fentanyl-related-deaths-hit-rural-california-communities\/\" title=\"Fentanyl-Related Deaths Hit Rural California Communities\">fentanyl overdose deaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges Facing the City<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Drug dealing<\/li>\n<li>Drug use<\/li>\n<li>Poverty<\/li>\n<li>Crime<\/li>\n<li>Violence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt is really great to be here to highlight a significant problem within our city,\u201d Breed began her speech, before stating that these issues have long plagued the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people who live here, the folks who work here, and the people who experience these challenges every single day,\u00a0they deserve better,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe can\u2019t keep speaking out of both sides of our mouth,\u201d<\/strong> Breed said. \u201cOn the one hand we want change and we want to hold people accountable, and on the other hand, we\u2019re willing to let people get away with murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, we got [sic] challenges in this city. And we have to make the kinds of decisions that are going to allow for people to get the help and support they need, but to not allow things to continue in the way that they have for far too long,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s time for a change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor noted that efforts so far to improve the situation are simply \u201cnot working\u201d despite an increase in local resources to address the problems.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5290152\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25\/id5290152-IMG_2006_RevM_LearZhou_2023_05_23_SFOpenBoSMeeting.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A woman who allegedly threw a brick toward the front of the crowd is tackled by San Francisco police officers, in San Francisco on May 23, 2023. (Lear Zhou\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<h2>Hearing Moved Indoors<\/h2>\n<p>Protesters continuously heckled Breed during her lengthy speech, and she ultimately decided that the\u00a0outdoor hearing would not be \u201cthe right forum\u201d to continue with the address, which was subsequently moved indoors, away from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>One protester was later arrested for allegedly throwing a brick into the crowd, according to police, who identified the suspect as\u00a0Elysia Katet, 26, of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The brick hit the foot of a high school student, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, before the suspect was arrested and removed from the area.<\/p>\n<p>Katet was booked in San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of child endangerment and assault with a deadly weapon, the San Francisco Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/breed-un-plaza-sf-drug-crisis-fentanyl-protest-18115249.php\">confirmed<\/a> to the publication.<\/p>\n<p>The student suffered\u00a0non-life-threatening injuries, the Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-05-24\/protest-thrown-brick-disrupt-san-francisco-mayors-hearing-on-drug-crisis-response\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has contacted the\u00a0San Francisco Police Department for further comment.<\/p>\n<h2>Rising Crime, Drug Overdoses Plaguing City<\/h2>\n<p>On Twitter,\u00a0SF District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston took aim at the program, writing that \u201carresting people for drug addiction is not \u2018moderate\u2019 nor \u2018commonsense.\u2019 It\u2019s reactionary, cruel, and counterproductive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Tuesday\u2019s meeting was reconvened, Breed said, \u201cI get that people have an issue with the fact that we are looking at being more a<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco Mayor London Breed&#8217;s outdoor public hearing at the United Nations Plaza was disrupted by protesters on May 23. One protester allegedly threw a brick that hit another attendee. The mayor, a Democrat, was forced to cut the hearing short. 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