Support Mayor Lurie's Fentanyl Emergency Declaration
Board of Supervisors
Sign this petition to show your support for Mayor Lurie's fentanyl emergency declaration, and demand that the Board of Supervisors approve it.
This emergency declaration will allow the city to move fast and fix things. It's not just about increasing resources to arrest dealers and ensure safe streets, it's also about quickly building out detox and medical care facilities to help the people addicted to fentanyl break out of their addiction.
Without emergency legislation, it could take a year to open a single treatment facility with just a few beds. But with this legislation, we can do it in just a matter of weeks. The faster we can get addicts into treatment, the faster we can clean up our sidewalks and break the cycle of addiction.
The emergency declaration will:
- Make the DMACC (Drug Market Agency Coordination Center) permanent, ensuring 24/7 police response for fentanyl dealing
- Create a 24/7 drop-off Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), where people in a drug crisis can be taken instead of the ER or jail
- Grant emergency powers for procurement, contracting, funding, and hiring to make it easier to staff up new treatment facilities and neighborhood safety teams
- Create an SF Hospitality Zone Task Force to ensure SFPD treats the TL, Union Square, and other blocks vital to the city are safe and clean
Read more about the emergency declaration at GrowSF.org
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To:
Board of Supervisors
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[Your Name]
I am writing to express my strong support for Mayor Lurie’s Fentanyl State of Emergency. This is a problem that has affected so many San Franciscans for so long, and Lurie’s plan is necessary in order to address the drug overdose crisis and untreated mental health conditions on our streets.
Please vote Yes on the Fentanyl State of Emergency – to ensure that we create a permanent Drug Market Agency Coordination Center, an SF Hospitality Zone Task Force, a 24/7 drop-off Crisis Stabilization Unit, and allow emergency powers for procurement, contracting, funding, and hiring.
Fentanyl is devastating our city and we need this to stop. I urge you to support the legislation so we can get our city back on track.