“The Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinance gives us the tools to treat this crisis with the urgency it demands. And with our partners on the board, that’s exactly what we will do.” Supervisor Shamann ...

Lurie created the ordinance in line with his campaign promises to declare a “fentanyl state of emergency” on “day one,” which, technically, he could not do. Instead, he moved to expand his powers via ...

San Francisco fentanyl state of emergency measure clears 1st hurdle 02:16. San Francisco is ramping up its efforts to battle a deadly fentanyl crisis with the city's new mayor declaring a state of ...

Lurie also introduced the Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinance, which will allow for treatment resources for those battling addiction. Lurie said the city's drug crisis is both a law enforcement ...

Mayor Lurie sent the Board of Supervisors his first proposed law to combat the fentanyl crisis, taking action during his first week as leader of the city. Here's what it will do.

San Francisco city leaders on Tuesday will consider an ordinance introduced by Mayor Daniel Lurie that would declare a state of emergency over the city’s fentanyl crisis. The Board of ...

The “Fentanyl State of Emergency” ordinances haven’t made their way to the Board of Supervisors yet, but when they do, it figures to be awkward. For the supes to not abdicate their powers of oversight ...

The ordinance is up for a hearing Wednesday and Lurie is lobbying the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to approve the plan that would cut city red tape to address the fentanyl crisis.

Fentanyl accounts for about 40% of all overdose deaths across the city. The new ordinance asks for three things: To make it mandatory to report all fatal and non-fatal fentanyl overdoses ...

He introduced an ordinance that compels the county to provide annual testing of the county-owned supportive housing facilities to ensure they’re free of hazardous chemicals, like fentanyl or ...

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and city commissioners are proposing a new ordinance that would go after open drug use in public ... “I lost a brother-in-law to a fentanyl overdose,” Burke said.