Unintended consequences. Nuisance veto came as a shock to supporters of sb 57 state senator scott wiener of San Francisco was the author of the bill. Two people a day or dying of drug overdoses to a day in San Francisco earlier this year glide st anthonys and other organizations opened a mock injection site to show the community how a facility would be used and supervised. Supporters say other pilot programs in oakland and los angeles were also in the works based on programs already in use. Mayor adams in new york city whos a law and order, mayor, mayor adams wants them to go 24 hours because theyve been so successful in San Franciscos tenderloin neighborhood. There is support for injection sites to many people out here that are homeless and being out. Then ill see people on the ground and then ill see paramedics. Have to check on them to see you know if theyre still breathing or not. The San Francisco Police Officers association, issuing a statement that read, in part, quote these loc
Device, restitution payments and three years of probation. Paul pelosi was not in court and chose to appear through his defense counsel. Supervised drug injection sites may not be coming to cities like San Francisco and oakland after all, governor gavin newsom rejected to bill designed attempt down on fatal overdose deaths, but as ktvu is, james torres explains, one barrier city may still move forward with launching the idea in the city anyway. In his veto letter, governor gavin newsom says he rejected the idea of launching pilot programs for supervised injection sites because without strong local leadership, it could fail and cause more trouble than its worth. I respectfully disagree with some aspects of the veto letter suggesting that either local leadership or aspects of this were not well thought out. City attorney david chu says he supports an injection site in San Francisco. And encourages any local nonprofit interested in taking on the challenge to run one to do so. Its a model
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The suspected hitman who stands accused of pulling the trigger on Oakland dentist Lili Xu pleaded not guilty Wednesday, but prosecutors appear to be seeking a life sentence with no parole for the 33-year-old alleged killer Hasheem Bason.