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With overdoses spiking, San Francisco's leaders are trying to force the city into action


With overdoses spiking, San Francisco s leaders are trying to force the city into action
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Above: Kayla Crenshaw of Epiphany Center, which provides drug treatment to women, shows donated baby clothes to Michele Nguyen and daughter Annabelle; both women graduated from the program and said the city’s system to get into treatment is challenging. Below: James Dixon,
HealthRight 360’s director of residential services, leads a staff meeting at the treatment program.Mallory Moench / The Chronicle
San Francisco has suffered from a shortage of drug treatment beds for years, but the pandemic has made the problem more acute.
Just as overdose deaths skyrocketed in the city during the pandemic, fueled by the powerful drug fentanyl, COVID-19 constrained capacity in treatment programs. One temporarily halted new patient intakes to quell an outbreak. Under shelter-in-place, fewer people exited programs, lengthening wait times for some beds. ....

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Bremerton Navy vet drops lawsuit against Inslee over Capitol campus fences


Bremerton Navy vet drops lawsuit against Inslee over Capitol campus fences
Tyler Miller, a Navy veteran who works at the Trident Refit Facility at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, filed the case at the end of January. Thurston County Supreme Court Judge James Dixon dismissed the case without prejudice on Thursday at Miller’s request.
The lawsuit, which named both Gov. Jay Inslee and Department of Enterprise Services director Chris Liu as defendants, argued that closing the legislative building to the public violated the state’s constitution. 
Miller said in an interview with the Kitsap Sun that he decided to drop the case when it became clear it wouldn’t be resolved before the Legislature adjourns at the end of April. ....

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