{"id":185087,"date":"2026-02-19T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185087\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:00:08","slug":"san-francisco-mayor-stuns-with-announcement-to-end-drug-use-on-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185087\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Mayor Stuns With Announcement to End Drug Use On the Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) sparked a heated debate online this week when he announced that his city will start arresting anyone doing drugs on the streets and place them in a high-volume care facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor too long, San Franciscans have been told that we must choose between clean, safe neighborhoods and compassion for those struggling on our streets,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/daniel-lurie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lurie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lurie<\/a> wrote on social media, adding:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I ran for mayor because I believed we can\u2014and should\u2014do both. And today, we\u2019re showing that our city doesn\u2019t have to choose between compassion and accountability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Today, I signed legislation to open the new Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation, and Triage Center\u2014better known as the RESET Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/san-francisco-mayor-signs-legislation-police-sheriff-deputies-arrest-drug-users-send-reset-center\/18613975\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RESET Center;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">RESET Center<\/a> allows our officers to arrest those engaged in public drug use at a speed and volume we have never seen before. If you use drugs on our streets, we will arrest you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But with this new resource, we will also give those suffering from addiction a real chance to choose recovery. The RESET Center is a health-focused facility designed to care for publicly intoxicated individuals by moving them off the streets and into a safe and controlled environment. It provides hope by giving individuals a chance to sober up and be connected to treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions to Lurie\u2019s announcement came in from across the political spectrum with many on the left and right praising the move, while some on the progressive left denounced it as draconian.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Drew Pinsky, the right-leaning media personality and addiction specialist, shared Lurie\u2019s announcement and wrote, \u201cOMG. This will quickly make a huge difference and immediately save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Self-described \u201cmoderate conservative\u201d Substack writer Michelle Tandler added, \u201cThis sounds compassionate and practical.\u201d<br \/>Below are some more reactions:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) sparked a heated debate online this week when he announced that his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[636,3138,101,103,6499,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-185087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-daniel-lurie","9":"tag-francisco","10":"tag-san-francisco","11":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","12":"tag-san-francisco-mayor","13":"tag-san-francisco-news","14":"tag-sf","15":"tag-sf-headlines","16":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}