California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill Monday that would have allowed Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles to establish monitored injection sites for users of illegal drugs.
that would have allowed Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles to establish monitored injection sites for users of illegal drugs.Senate Bill 57 would have allowed cities to create pilot programs for supervised injection sites, where people would be allowed to use illegal drugs in a facility supervised by trained staff.
"New York City implemented these a year ago," said Wiener. "They have been so successful, that Mayor Adams in NY City who is a law-and-order mayor, Mayor Adams wants them to go 24 hours because they've been so successful.""There are too many people out here who are homeless and OD'ing. If they want to get into treatment, they can get into treatment," said Lisa Cook, a San Francisco resident.
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