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The governor said that he supported the idea of supervised facilities to reduce overdoses and deaths, but that the state was not yet prepared to put it into practice.
San Francisco would have neither the cover of the state nor federal governments, but city leaders are likely going to take Newsom's cue to go ahead with a model pioneered by New York City to have safe drug-consumption sites that are run by non-profits.
California’s Democratic governor has backed progressive causes before, but he faces a tougher call on the bill if national aspirations are on his mind.