With the start of Gov. Newsom's plan, CHP officers will be targeting the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods, while the National Guard works behind the scenes analyzing intelligence.
Monday marks the start of Gov. Newsom's move to crack down on San Francisco's open-air drug market with CHP officers and the state National Guard.Monday marks the start of Governor Gavin Newsom's major move to crack down on San Francisco's open-air drug market. California Highway Patrol and the California National Guard are teaming up with the SFPD and District Attorney's Office to help get drug dealers off the streets.
"Anything we can do to take that apart, dismantle, disrupt and deter it," said Supervisor Matt Dorsey.'Injecting Hope' | Watch documentary on innovative program tackling drug overdose, fentanyl epidemic CHP officers will be targeting the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods, while the California National Guard works behind the scenes analyzing intelligence.
"As we hopefully wind down the drug market, we also have to make sure that we are winding up support for the people who are going to have a harder time finding drugs," said Supervisor Dorsey. "If you are going to be eliminating the supply like this, especially with people that do have substance use disorder and if their primary substance is fentanyl. We really need to make sure that we're able to help these folks and very quickly," said Gary McCoy of HealthRight 360, one of the nonprofits working with the city in hopes of establishing safe consumption sites.
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