{"id":398476,"date":"2026-07-14T22:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398476\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T22:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:22:11","slug":"san-francisco-to-vote-on-drug-free-supportive-housing-plan-for-homeless-backed-by-supervisor-matt-dorsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398476\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco to vote on drug-free supportive housing plan for homeless backed by Supervisor Matt Dorsey"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A controversial proposal to prioritize drug-free supportive housing will be considered Tuesday when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gets its chance to vote.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who introduced the measure, said, “There are a lot of people who live in permanent supportive housing who want a drug-free option; unfortunately, we don’t provide that now, but legislation aims to change that.”<\/p>\n

The city currently has roughly 9,000 site-based permanent supportive housing units.<\/p>\n

Permanent supportive housing is designed to get homeless people off the streets, but Supervisor Matt Dorsey says it’s flawed.<\/p>\n

MORE: Should SF’s supportive housing be drug-free? Supervisor proposes new legislation in latest push<\/a><\/p>\n

“One of the things we have seen about permanent supportive housing, largely in my view because of its drug-tolerant rules, is that 26% of all overdose fatalities citywide in San Francisco happen in permanent supportive housing” said Dorsey.<\/p>\n

The supervisor’s legislation would require the city to only fund new permanent supportive housing sites that prohibit the use of illicit drugs. Under the proposal, relapsing could lead to eviction.<\/p>\n

“We believe the legislation, the way it’s written will drive up street homelessnes” said Jennifer Friedenbach, the executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness.<\/p>\n

Friedenbach says the proposed legislation is too restrictive.<\/p>\n

MORE: San Francisco records 1st overdose death caused by new deadly opioid cychlorphine<\/a><\/p>\n

And advocates say there are reasons for that – including relapse being a part of recovery.<\/p>\n

“People who already have a lot acuities and a lot of things that are keeping them from being able to exit homelessness, you want to remove those. Those are the national best practices: get people stabilized and then get them the support they need to thrive and succeed” Friedenbach said.<\/p>\n

The proposal guarantees that no one will be evicted for a single relapse and says the city would work to place people in alternative housing or shelter if they are removed from a site.<\/p>\n

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