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*** STATEMENT *** AUGUST IN SAN FRANCISCO REPEATS THE WORST RECORDED MONTH FOR ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE DEATHS

Sep 18, 2023

San Francisco, CA — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has released their Report on Accidental Overdose Deaths for the first eight months of 2023. The preliminary number of accidental overdose deaths in August is 84, which brings the...

HEALTHRIGHT 360 STATEMENT ON DIRECT-SERVICE CHALLENGES AND ADVOCACY IN STRENGTHENING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE

Sep 06, 2023

San Francisco, CA - Yesterday, as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors reconvened during the outset of Recovery Month – a time to celebrate the recovery journey and all its challenges and triumphs – we wish to acknowledge San Francisco Supervisor...

*** STATEMENT *** HEALTHRIGHT 360 REFUTES FALSE CLAIMS AND MISINFORMATION IN SUPERVISOR DORSEY’S LETTER TO MAYOR BREED CALLING TO REAPPROPRIATE CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION FUNDING

Aug 07, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – On Friday, August 4, Supervisor Matt Dorsey wrote to Mayor London Breed, urging her to cut the recently approved City funding for Wellness Hubs and reallocate the money to “jail-based treatment and recovery services.”[1] Moving...

*** STATEMENT *** OVER 400 ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE DEATHS IN SAN FRANCISCO DURING FIRST HALF OF 2023

Jul 17, 2023

San Francisco, CA — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has released their Report on Accidental Overdose Deaths for the first six months of 2023. The preliminary number of accidental overdose deaths in June is 53, which brings the total...

*** STATEMENT *** SAN FRANCISCO CONTINUES RECORD ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE MORTALITY RATE WITH HIGHEST MAY OVERDOSE DEATHS

Jun 16, 2023

San Francisco, CA — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has released their Report on Accidental Overdose Deaths for the first five months of 2023. The preliminary number of accidental overdose deaths in May is 74, which brings the total for...

*** STATEMENT *** SHAME ON CNN AND ANDERSON COOPER

May 15, 2023

Last night, CNN aired, “The Whole Story: What Happened to San Francisco” — it was anything but the whole story. Shame on CNN and Anderson Cooper for being so incredibly desperate for ratings that they have veered solidly away from journalistic...

*** STATEMENT *** SAN FRANCISCO CONTINUES RECORD ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE MORTALITY RATE WITH HIGHEST APRIL OVERDOSE DEATHS

May 12, 2023

San Francisco, CA — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has released their Report on Accidental Overdose Deaths for the first four months of this year. The preliminary number of accidental overdose deaths in April 2023 is 66, which brings the...

*** STATEMENT *** ON THE DEATH OF BANKO BROWN

May 08, 2023

San Francisco, CA — On Thursday, April 27, San Francisco experienced a tragic loss with the shooting and killing of Banko Brown, a young community organizer and transgender man, by a security guard outside of Walgreens at 825 Market Street. We...

JOINT STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THE OVERDOSE CRISIS IN SAN FRANCISCO

May 04, 2023

As organizations that advocate to improve community health and provide associated direct services, we are deeply concerned about the overdose crisis and impact of increased law enforcement presence on the safety of our communities. All residents,...

SAN FRANCISCO SEES SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FATAL OVERDOSES After Closure of the Tenderloin Center Without a Replacement, and with Increased Punitive Measures for People Who Use Drugs, San Francisco Sees a 41 Percent Increase in Accidental Overdose Deaths

Apr 26, 2023

San Francisco, CA — The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has released their Report on Accidental Overdose Deaths for the first three months of this year. The preliminary number of accidental overdose deaths in March 2023 is 66,...