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Aug 08, 2017
Healthline, by Shawn Radcliffe on August 9, 2017 Read on the Healthline website Barriers still exist in getting primary care physicians to treat patients with opioid addiction during office visits. With millions of Americans suffering from opioid...
Jun 20, 2017
San Francisco Examiner, by Dr. Dawn Harbatkin, June 20, 2017 Read on the San Francisco Examiner website Thousands of Californians see their gender misrepresented on state-issued identification cards every day. A bill overwhelmingly passed by the...
Jun 16, 2017
San Francisco Chronicle, by Kevin Fagan, June 17, 2017 Read on the San Francisco Chronicle website Spackled into last week’s 80-page report detailing San Francisco’s latest homeless count were two big revelations: While the number of homeless youths...
Jun 10, 2017
SFGATE, by Peter Hockaday, June 11, 2017 Read on the SFGATE website This year's Haight Ashbury Street Fair had an extra dose of hippie. The 40th anniversary of the street fair was also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love in San...
Jun 08, 2017
Mercury News, By DARRYL CERENO | Mosaic, June 9, 2017   Read on the Mercury News website John recently turned 20, marking his third year of homelessness. He was originally from Oregon, but traveled south with a couple of friends. He hasn’t seen his...
Jun 06, 2017
New York Times, by Mike McPhate, June 7, 2017 Read on the NYTimes website ... And Finally ... It was 1967, the year of the Summer of Love, and hippies were streaming into San Francisco. Substance abuse was a growing problem, and some felt the...
May 15, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                  MEDIA CONTACT May 15, 2017                                                                                           Ivan Becerra | 415.392.1000...
May 04, 2017
Name: Vitka Eisen Age: 57 City: Berkeley Position: CEO, HealthRIGHT 360 J.: You have been involved for more than three decades with San Francisco’s Walden House, which serves people with substance abuse disorders. It merged with Haight Ashbury Free...
May 04, 2017
By Liz Highleyman, The Bay Area Reporter, May 4, 2017 Read on The Bay Area Reporter's website A bill that would allow supervised drug consumption facilities in California took another step forward, as the Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 4-3...
May 03, 2017
By Bill Bradley, Next City, May 3, 2017 Read on Next City's website This article is the second in a series of profiles of impact development projects produced in partnership with guest editor Gregory Heller. Impact development is a term that...

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