Good afternoon!
Here is today’s lineup:
Will San Francisco ever follow the data to help solve the city’s opioid crisis? A New York data expert in overdose treatment says that it should.
And the Board of Supervisors likes the idea of reparations, but the mayor disagrees on cash payments.
Eleni updates us on those Capp Street barriers that are flimsy but somewhat effective.
LightHouse Workers get pushback on their decision to form a union.
And, as you plan your weekend, Andrew Gilbert writes about an upcoming performance by David James – one inspired by his dad’s involvement in Mission Rebels. He also suggests performances at the Make Out Room and Yerba Buena.
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Thank you,
Lydia
The Latest News
Drug policy desperately needs data, NY doc says
Data show that those most at risk of dying in an overdose are not the same people who use treatment centers most often.
SF supervisors support reparations plan — but cash payments face hurdles
San Francisco’s task force on Black reparations this afternoon presented its final recommendations on how the city can alleviate the harms of anti-Black racism.
LightHouse workers’ union faces pushback from management
Management at the LightHouse, a nonprofit for the blind and visually impaired, has refused to voluntarily recognize their workers’ nascent union.
Capp Street barriers collapsed, unsightly — but effective
Since they were installed on four intersections of Capp Street in May, the steel bollards intended to deter sex work on this street have been struggling to stay erect.
The return of a Mission rebel
Growing up as an angry teenager in the 1970s, guitarist David James wanted nothing to do with his father, a troubled man who’d turned himself into a Mission District crusader.
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