Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom told the San Francisco Chronicle that he plans to double the number of state police on the streets of San Francisco to crack down on the fentanyl trade.
Newsom plans to increase the number of California Highway Patrol officers participating in daily activities from seven to 10 to 14 to 20, his office said. Said San Francisco Chronicle. In April, Mr. Newsom announced the deployment of the National Guard and the coordination of four law enforcement agencies to deal with the situation in San Francisco. (Related: Gavin Newsom says he met with Texas sheriff about possible DeSantis prosecution to ‘compare notes’)
“We have a lot of existing laws. The San Francisco Chronicle says we want to start enforcing existing laws,” Newsom said. “Honestly, my biggest complaint in San Francisco is that, quite frankly, we are not enforcing existing laws…we are not prosecuting lawbreakers. Judges, prosecutors, And my fellow citizens, I want to see people held accountable for breaking the law.”
At 00:11 on June 23, 2023, officers responded to the call at 519 Ellis Street. During the search, officers found and seized 32.6g of fentanyl, 4.9g of cocaine, 11.8g of heroin, and 558.2g of meth. 1 gram of oxygrams, 9 grams of meth, 144 grams of other pills, $960, 3 guns.
Case #230431845 pic.twitter.com/UEFaC3kOwR
— SFPD Tenderloin (@SFPDTenderloin) June 28, 2023
San Francisco saw a more than 40% increase in overdose deaths between January and March, mostly concentrated in the city’s Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods, Newsom’s office said. rice field. Said in an April statement. Additionally, a 2020 study found that San Francisco had the second highest number of fentanyl overdose deaths in the nation.
In May alone, 74 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco. according to to the San Francisco Chronicle.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Newsom said he was “not going back to the old drug wars that failed.” “But I’m also no naive about the fact that we have to triage what’s happening on the streets. Drug dealing in the open is unacceptable.”
In his latest announcement, Newsom said the number of National Guard members already working with local authorities to support Democratic San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s plan to combat the region’s illegal drug market and help pass legislation. also said to increase Enforcement efforts to stop fentanyl trafficking into cities.
Since the start of the effort, California police deployed to the area have seized 8.1 kilograms of fentanyl and arrested 115 people for felonies and misdemeanors, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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