The law would have allowed drug consumption sites in Oakland and San Francisco.
Dashing progressives’ hopes for a radical strategy to curb overdoses in the Bay Area, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed experimental drug injection sites to open in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.the two Bay Area cities to become among the first in the country to open facilities where users could bring drugs and consume them in a safe, supervised setting. The bill passed the state legislature this month.
Newsom added that he is instructing the secretary of Health and Human Services to convene a group of city and county officials to discuss overdose prevention strategies and how to implement a more limited pilot program..
Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, called the veto “tragic,” as it comes at a time when San Francisco sees two overdose deaths every day. Multiple studies have proven that safe injection sites work, he said. There already are about 165 safe injection sites in 10 countries around the world, and New York City opened the first two in the U.S. last year. Rhode Island also has passed a law allowing the sites.
Lt. Tracy McCray, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, applauded Newsom’s decision.
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