San Francisco wrestles with drug approach as death and chaos engulf Tenderloin gazettextra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazettextra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
San Francisco wrestles with drug approach as death and chaos engulf Tenderloin
In early 2019, Tom Wolf posted a thank-you on Twitter to the cop who had arrested him the previous spring, when he was homeless and strung out in a doorway with 103 tiny bindles of heroin and cocaine in a plastic baggie at his feet. You saved my life, wrote Wolf, who had finally gotten clean after that bust and 90 days in jail, ending six months of sleeping on scraps of cardboard on the sidewalk.
Today, he joins a growing chorus of people, including the mayor, calling for the city to crack down on an increasingly deadly drug trade. But there is little agreement on how that should be done. Those who demand more arrests and stiffer penalties for dealers face powerful opposition in a city with little appetite for locking people up for drugs, especially as the Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police movements push to drastically limit the power of law enforcement to deal with social problems.
Fishers sue San Francisco over huge Pier 45 warehouse fire bakersfield.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bakersfield.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Crabbers sue port of San Francisco over giant fire at Fisherman s Wharf shed
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Demolition workers at Pier 45 in July. A fire on May 23 destroyed Shed C, where crabbers stored equipment. They have sued the city’s port for their losses.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Firefighters spray water on the Pier 45 fire that began in the warehouse early on May 23. The Jeremiah O’Brien is docked is seen behind the burning pier.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Pier 45 is a ruin after a massive fire in May destroyed Shed C, where fishing and crabbing equipment was stored.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less