Crime & Safety
San Francisco SoMa Storekeeper Welcomes Deployment Of Guard, CHP Officers To Tenderloin
Newsom's office said the city has seen a 40% jump in overdose deaths in the first three months of this year alone.
April 24, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO -- Gilles Desaulniers has owned Harvest Urban for nearly 20 years and has witnessed the downward spiral of the surrounding neighborhood as it has been overwhelmed with crime and drug use.
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He welcomes Gov. Gavin Newsom's new plan -- announced Friday -- to bring in the CHP and California National Guard into the city to combat the deadly fentanyl epidemic, in partnership with district attorney Brooke Jenkin's office and SFPD.
Newsom's office said the city has seen a 40% jump in overdose deaths in the first three months of this year alone. Most are concentrated in the Tenderloin and SoMa neighborhoods.
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