support. when the mayor declared a state of emergency and wanted to open the linkage center, i was really happy about it because i thought, that s awesome. my son might be able to get some help. this is jackie berlin, mother to 32-year-old cory. and tonya tillman, mother of 23-year-old roman. when i get out at park station, the first thing i was asked is if i wanted to buy drugs. for years they have both scoured these streets searching for their sons, both of whom have struggled with addiction. it s really heartbreaking. i want to go ask him if he s okay. hey, bud, are you okay? i have narcan. i know you don t need it now. he wants us to help him stand up.
the center didn t do anything to make anything better. i see it as an absolute failure. the linkage center. you had the tenderloin center not far from here. do you regret opening that, or was that something that you feel like you tried something and it failed. i don t regret opening it. we needed to try something different. through the tenderloin emergency, a thousand people get shelter and housing. we reversed hundreds of overdoses. so, it didn t solve the drug crisis or the open air drug market is part of the reason why it needed to come down. what did it turn into? why did you close it? we heard of a lot of drug use, which we weren t adamantly opposed to. but it needed to lead to something. also we were struggling because of the legality of safe consumption sites and the federal and the state laws. but more importantly for me, the
the linkage center. you had the tenderloin center not far from here. do you regret opening that, or was that something that you feel like you tried something and it failed. i don t regret opening it. reneeded to try something different. through the emergency, 1,000 people get shelter and housing. we reversed hundreds of overdoses. so, it didn t solve the drug crisis or the open air drug market is part of the reason why it needed to come down. what did it turn into? why did you close it? we heard of a lot of drug use, which we weren t adamantly opposed to. but it needed to lead to something. also we were struggling because of the legality of safe consumption sites and the federal and the state laws. but more importantly for me, the big issue was the linkage of what was supposed to happen did not happen.
services, including a lincoln center that we opened that was supposed to be used to help transition people into treatment on demand, help, and services and support. when the mayor declared a state of emergency and wanted to open the linkage center, i was really happy about it. bick thought, that s awesome. my son might be able to get some happy. this is jackie berlin, mother to 32-year-old cory. and tanya tillman, mother of 23- year-old roman. when i got out of the bart stay, like the first thing that i was asked is if i wanted to buy drugs. for years, they have both scoured these streets, searching for their sons, both of whom have struggled with addiction. it s really heartbreaking. i want to go ask him if he s okay. hey, buddy, you okay?
of emergency in san francisco, looking at the data of what was happening as relates to the number of people who were dying from overdoses. and in fact, the emergency declaration was really about trying to not only staff up aggressively but more importantly to set up the kinds of structures that we need in order to make sure we re there to provide services including a lincoln center that we opened that was supposed to be used as a place to help transition people into treatment on demand, help and services and support. when the mayor declared a state of emergency and wanted to open the linkage center, i was really happy about it. because i thought that s awesome. my son might be able to get some help. reporter: this is jackie berlin, mother to 32-year-old cory. and tanya tillman, mother of 23-year-old roman.