It's all hands on deck as California grapples with an increasingly complex drug overdose crisis- with everyone from elected officials and mothers coming together to find solutions.
"It's not just fentanyl anymore it's 'tranq' and ISO," said Los Angeles City Councilwomen Traci Park, while walking the streets of San Francisco.
"I represent the Westside of Los Angeles including Venice Beach which has been ground zero of the homelessness, mental health and addiction crisis outside of Skid Row.""They're making a lot of changes and trying different approaches, and I'm here to learn what's worked what hasn't worked," said Park, who was joined by Ellen Grantz, one of the founders of Mothers Against Drug Addiction and Deaths.
"What is your advocacy about, what are the policy changes you would like to see?" asked Park. "The first thing is we'd like to see the city close the open-air drug scenes," responded Grantz. "It's so important because it attracts more users, it attracts more dealers, it effects the business and communities.
Dorsey is calling for millions more in funding for jail-based treatment. ""I've always seen our county jail as a system that's capable of doing incredibly progressive things," said Dorsey, adding that he's also backing harm reduction efforts, like safe consumption sites."I'm going to support and have been vocal in supporting supervised consumption services if we can get to those.
Governor Newsom vetoed a bill last year that would have made way for pilot sites in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Oakland"In my view public order and public health is not a false choice. The idea that we have to have one or another is a false choice. We can have both."SJ mayor delivers his 1st State of the City address
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