SAN FRANCISCO — California’s freeway patrol and nationwide guard will usher in extra folks and assets to assist San Francisco battle its worsening fentanyl drug disaster, Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced Friday.

The announcement highlights a severe concern within the metropolis the place Newsom was as soon as mayor. Overdose deaths have soared, and authorities have been unable to cease rampant open-air drug dealing and use.

Newsom mentioned in an announcement that the partnership will “crack down on crime linked to the fentanyl crisis” and maintain “poison peddlers accountable.” The operation won't lead to criminalizing folks hooked on medicine, the assertion mentioned.

The information was welcomed by San Francisco Mayor London Breed, the district legal professional’s workplace and the police chief, who've all vowed to get powerful on large-scale drug traffickers.

The California Highway Patrol will help in coaching and visitors enforcement whereas the California National Guard will assist analyze drug trafficking operations with the purpose of dismantling them, in response to the assertion.

Newsom made a shock go to this week to town’s Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods, that are rife with drug use and dealing.

Mayor Breed has repeatedly pledged to crack down on drug dealing within the Tenderloin, however situations haven't improved.

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