PRESS RELEASES
News releases, statements, and media advisories from the office of Supervisor Matt Dorsey.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey's statement on the passing of former District Attorney Arlo Smith
San Francisco's long-serving prosecutor pioneered groundbreaking programs on domestic violence, victims' services, and hate crimes. He was 98.
Download PDFDorsey-Mahmood legislation seeks to expand overnight retail curfew to 6th Street and SoMa
Backed by evidence of its effectiveness in reducing drug-related crime, legislation aims to expand pilot and improve late-night public safety, neighborhood conditions
Download PDFDorsey, Chan demand answers on Blue Shield's coverage denials to city firefighters and workforce
Today's Letter of Inquiry could precede Board of Supervisors Budget Committee hearing, as new reports of Blue Shield coverage delays, denials come to light
Download PDFDorsey seeks to repeal Surveillance Ordinance's 'self-dealing' attorneys' fees and costs provision
The same privacy advocate who wrote the 2019 law now stands to benefit financially from it with his organization's lawsuit against City taxpayers
Download PDFDrug legalization advocates behind Oregon's failed Measure 110 push to kill 'Recovery First' ordinance
New York-based Drug Policy Alliance has hailed drug dealers as 'harm reductionists,' and advocated that they be involved 'in every step of the policymaking process'
Download PDF'Recovery First' wins growing support on the day of a key Board of Supervisors vote
Long-term recovery from Substance Use Disorder — 'free from illicit drug use,' through the process of recovery — could be enshrined as S.F.'s primary goal
Download PDF'Recovery First' ordinance seeks to establish a clear North Star for drug policy in San Francisco
Policy statement would clarify that 'the primary objective of the City's drug policy' be the cessation of all illicit drug use and long-term recovery from addiction
Download PDFDorsey seeks mass-arrest, detox and treatment plan for burgeoning drug scenes on Sixth Street
Pilot program is needed to 'get drug-related offenders off the streets — and optimally into drug treatment — rather than simply moved to different streets'
Download PDFDorsey urges Embarcadero Navigation Center's conversion to a drug-free, recovery-focused pilot
City's recent push to expand recovery-inclusive homeless services ought to include one of the City's large congregate shelters, District 6 Supervisor argues
Download PDFLegislation would halt city funding for new drug-tolerant Permanent Supportive Housing
Dorsey-Mandelman proposal would mandate drug-free alternatives to exclusively drug-tolerant Permanent Supportive Housing whenever funding allows for it
Download PDFCost analysis request on untreated drug addiction suggests S.F. taxpayers' tab could exceed $1 billion
Supervisor Dorsey asks Board's Budget Analyst to replicate Columbia University's 'Shoveling Up' methodology to highlight need to reign in costly drug-driven harms
Download PDFDorsey seeks prompt implementation of Prop 36's Treatment-Mandated Felonies for public drug use
'Equity Priority Communities' disproportionately harmed by open-air drug scenes should be prioritized for enforcement and mandated treatment, resolution urges
Download PDFDorsey to host news conference on 'factually false, misleading' Board resolution
District 6 Supervisor and City Attorney's Office veteran faults resolution for misrepresenting issues, betraying S.F. ratepayers in U.S. Supreme Court case
Download PDF'Cash Not Drugs' will offer a sobriety bonus of up to $100 weekly for eligible public assistance recipients
Proposed three-year pilot would add a contingency management strategy to treatment options for those diagnosed with substance use disorders under March 2024's Prop F
Download PDFNational health warning over Medetomidine's role in overdose spikes triggers inquiry from Sup. Dorsey
Powerful veterinary tranquilizer — emerging as a deadly new adulterant in the drug supplies of U.S. and Canadian cities — caused 160 hospitalizations in Philadelphia
Download PDF'Read to Recovery' would make San Francisco the first city to fund universal access to free recovery books
Legislation will permanently establish a successful pilot offering free-to-keep literature from all available recovery traditions and languages, at all 27 branch libraries citywide
Download PDFDorsey seeks report on extent to which S.F. is a destination city for 'drug tourism,' city benefits
Anecdotal evidence, past experience with jurisdictions exploiting City's social safety net 'raise legitimate questions for which San Franciscans deserve more reliable answers'
Download PDFPolice full staffing Charter Amendment finds consensus on minimum staffing, deferred retirement incentives
Supervisors Dorsey, Peskin and Stefani forge common ground on a majority-sponsored plan to accelerate progress on SFPD full staffing, prioritize neighborhood policing
Download PDFSup. Safaí's 'Cop Tax' scheme set to advance over opposition from Mayor, co-sponsors, safety advocates
Hijacked Police Staffing Charter Amendment now requires 'a future tax measure passed by the voters' before San Franciscans can hope for progress on public safety challenges
Download PDFDorsey urges reallocating 'Wellness Hub' funding to jail-based services for drug-use detainees
With supervised consumption stalled, supervisor argues that $18.9 million now budgeted for harm reduction sites would 'be put to far better, more life-saving use' as custodial care
Download PDFDorsey proposes mandate for local pharmacies to carry naloxone for reversing opioid overdoses
With Narcan soon poised for over-the-counter availability, Dorsey's proposed ordinance would expand access to the life-saving medicine amidst a worsening drug OD crisis
Download PDFDorsey-Peskin legislation expanding new rent control housing options passes unanimously
New affordability option for developers under the HOME-SF program aims to incentivize the expansion of rent-stabilized housing stock citywide
Download PDFNational Fentanyl Awareness Day presser at City Hall
Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community, Supervisor Dorsey and city leaders mark event highlighting fentanyl's deadly and disproportionate harms to the Black community
Download PDFDorsey seeks to withdraw sanctuary protections from fentanyl-dealing undocumented immigrants
Felony convictions for trafficking fentanyl would be added alongside two existing exceptions in 'Due Process For All' law, for violent or serious felony convictions
Download PDFDorsey pushes police recruitment bonus matching policy to avoid 'catastrophic' SFPD staffing shortage
Proposed resolution also urges the San Francisco Police Commission to develop a plan to achieve recommended staffing levels of 2,182 full-duty police officers within 48 months
Download PDFFentanyl seizures from street-level drug dealer arrests in 2022 mark a 'stunning' 12-fold increase in just two years
Last year's 65-kilo fentanyl haul in SFPD's Tenderloin police district represents enough lethal doses to kill every adult in California, according to supervisor from hard-hit District 6
Download PDFSupervisor Dorsey's statement on layoffs announced today by District 6 employers, Twitter and Zendesk
Supervisor representing the Mid-Market neighborhood where two employers are located says city services — and city job opportunities — are available for those facing joblessness
Download PDFWith overdose report today, San Francisco surpasses 1,800 deaths from drug ODs since January 2020
Supervisor Matt Dorsey says public health calamity demands that S.F. 'incentivize recovery, disrupt open-air drug scenes, and hold street-level drug dealers criminally accountable'
Download PDFSupervisor Dorsey's statement on lawsuit by 33 Tehama residents displaced from massive flooding fiasco
Supervisor who represents the SOMA neighborhood where residents lived calls civil litigation 'the appropriate next step to right the wrongs that emerged from this debacle'
Download PDFDorsey-Peskin legislation would expand rent control protections to new housing units under HOME-SF
Newly proposed measure would add rent stabilization provisions of the S.F. Rent Ordinance as an affordability option for developers under the City's local density bonus program
Download PDFDorsey seeks 'Right to Recovery' report to assess the costs of untreated addiction to San Francisco taxpayers
Supervisor pushing to fund solutions to drug-related harms wants 'a clear-eyed view of how much it's costing San Francisco taxpayers right now not to solve drug-related harms'
Download PDFSupervisor Dorsey praises City Attorney Chiu for investigating San Rafael Police Department over abandoned homeless man
'This isn't the first time San Francisco has seen these kinds of episodes, sadly,' Dorsey said, pointing to City's landmark case against Nevada over 'patient dumping' practices
Download PDFSupervisor Dorsey hails arrest of suspect in SOMA attack on AAPI community leader and longtime City commissioner
'There should be no place in San Francisco for this kind of violence,' which in the last couple of years is disproportionately targeting seniors in our AAPI communities,' Dorsey said
Download PDFSupervisor Dorsey's statement on the reversal of Roe, Justice Thomas' ominous opinion on LGBTQ+ precedent
Concurring opinion that U.S. high court must now 'correct the error' of landmark marriage equality precedents makes clear Roe is 'only the first target of court's far-right majority'
Download PDFSan Diego Pride's agreement with LGBTQ+ uniformed first responders
Citing need to recruit more LGBTQ+ first responders, Gay supervisor lauds San Diego Pride for showing 'that common ground can be found' between first responders, activists
Download PDFDorsey stands in solidarity with LGBTQ+ first responders
Gay supervisor is saddened to sit out parade, but strongly believes exclusionary policy 'sends exactly the wrong message' as City works to diversify public safety recruitment
Download PDFSupervisor Dorsey proposes 'Right to Recovery' drug enforcement priority zones near treatment facilities
Illegal drugs used in public would be subject to confiscation; drug dealers to immediate arrest in designated areas to protect those in recovery, incentivize public support
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