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*** STATEMENT *** IT’S TIME TO REFOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO REDUCING DRUG USE, PREVENTING OVERDOSE, AND CONNECTING PEOPLE TO CARE

Oct 27, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The tragic loss of life due to accidental drug overdoses is a collective heartbreak that echoes throughout our community and underscores the urgency to address this crisis in a meaningful way. Recent data from the San Francisco...

HealthRIGHT 360 Statement on the Death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Sep 29, 2023

HealthRIGHT 360 mourns the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died Thursday after a distinguished career of service to San Francisco, California, and the United States. Feinstein, who was born in San Francisco in 1933, served as a San...

*** 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...