It’s hard to believe this is even being considered in San Francisco, much less that it has a chance of passing. Back in September Mayor London Breed proposed drug testing the city’s welfare recipients.
“No more handouts without accountability,” Breed said at a City Hall news conference. “People are not accepting help. Now, it’s time to make sure that we are cutting off resources that continue to allow this behavior.”
The proposal from the Democratic mayor of this ultra-liberal city reflects the depth of frustration with a fentanyl crisis that has led to record overdoses, turned parts of downtown into open-air drug markets and is correlated with an increase in car break-ins and other property crime.
Here’s how it would work if implemented:
Under the new proposal, as a condition of eligibility to receive CAAP, people with suspected substance use disorder would be…
