San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a plan on Tuesday to require homeless people in the liberal city to undergo drug testing and treatment in order to receive county-funded cash assistance.
Breed said that accountability was necessary for homeless people seeking cash assistance because the city faces pressure to handle the fentanyl and homeless crises. However, the proposal will still need approval from the City Council.
"San Francisco is a city of compassion, but also a city that demands accountability," Breed said in a statement."We fund a wide range of services, and we want to help people get the care they need. But under current state law, local government lack tools to compel people into treatment. This initiative aims to create more accountability and help get people to accept the treatment and services they need.
The mayor’s office said the treatment programs would be based on the needs of the applicant but would include residential treatment, medical detox, medically-assisted treatment, abstinence-based treatments, and outpatient options, among others. "I strongly support Mayor Breed’s initiative, which will better incentivize treatment and recovery for a population that’s at wildly disproportionate risk for drug addiction and overdose fatalities," Dorsey said."We’re facing an unprecedented loss of life in San Francisco, and we know coercive interventions can work."
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