>liz>right now i am joined by san francisco supervisor matt dorsey. calling for for an investigation to see if the drug meta toma dean has made its way into san francisco. thanks so much for being here with us. so the drug crisis in the city feels like it's just a runaway train. how do you stop? top a drug like this from making it on to our streets. you know, for the 1st time in several years, you're starting to see just the beginning. of signs of progress over the last 3 months. we've had a couple of months of the number of drug overdoses that are fatal going down. um, but it seems like you know, every time there's progress. do you hear of something new and more dangerous and more deadly and last week there was an organization that monitors the drug supply nationwide. they issued a public health alert that there is a new drug. it is a animal tranquilizer. called melatonin, dean. is now in the drug supply several cities and it's responsible for driving overdose spikes in chicago, pittsburgh and philadelphia, including toronto, and vancouver. canada. s

i like to introduce district supervisor matt dorsey. this man here, dedicated his life to riding a bike. he gave up his car. he rides his bike to work every day and he is advocating for everyone, but he is mostly focused in the district 6 areas which is the soma-thank you-soma community as well as treasure island, mission bay as well as the tenderloin. not the tenderloin. not anymore. anyway, we want to welcome matt dorsey. [applause] >> thank you so much. happy bike to anywhere day everybody! as a urban supervisor quhoo doesn't own a car i make a commitment now to give up my parking spot for a bike lane and i see that isn't going over well with legislative staff but we can talk about that. san francisco has ambitious goals in the climate action plan and one of them is to reduce our-we have to get to 80 percent trips that are low emission by 2030 and biceling has to be a part that. as somebody who doesn't own a car, most trips are do are bike share but i want to express gratitude. i want to say thanks to the bicycle coalition. i worked

i am matt dorsey and i serve as chair of the timma board. vice chair is rafael mandelman. thank you to sfgovtv for broadcasting today's meeting today. our clerk today s yvette lopez-jessop.ve i wouldje like to excuse commissioner ronan who is not able to join us today and i'm informed that commissioner stephanie is late but joining us sortly. >> clerk: good morning. commissioner chang. chang absent. chair dorsey. >> present. >> commissioner guardio. absent. vice chair mandelman. mandelman present. commissioner melgar, melgar present. commissioner peskin. present. commissioner roan -- i'm sorry, she is excused. commissioner spheen. absent. commissioner stephanie is commissioner walton. walton present. chair, we have a quorum. >> thank you madam clerk. i believe you have a public comment announcement. >> for members of the public interested in participating if thisti meeting, we welcome your attendance here in-person in room 250 at city hall or you may watch cable channel 26 or # 9 or stream live at www.sfgovtv.org. for remote, dial (415)655-0001 and enter code 26606760220 t

already-a regular shopper here at ikea and as i mentioned as i was coming in, i said i'm supervisor matt dorsey and here for my new mid-market district office. i i'm surprised the signage doesn't reflect that. i won't need the wifi password and access to a printer. but you will be seeing a lot of me because i like to be in the district on my laptop especially on the weekends. on the way before i got here this morning, i went to another part of my district because there was a opening for a coffee shop, and yesterday in another part of my district there was a restaurant opening there. izy and wooks the first restaurants to open since the pandemic and i have a couple other things opening and one thing i want to say the mayor touched on, there is a lot of negative press played out, the doom loop, that narrative is so 2023. in 2024 san francisco has come back is underway and this is proof of it, and i want to express my gratitude to mayor breed for the leadership you are bringing and especially here. mayor breed went out and was the best sales woman for san francisco to get this happening in mid-mar

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey sent this letter. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer the following questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? we could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes is. and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months. there's something new. drive is and more addictive and warned if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was actually more potent than the cyrus team from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> nearly 6 million fentanyl pills have been seized by california law enforcement agenci

i'm joined by, supervisor myrna melgar and shamann walton and today, supervisor matt dorsey has been temporarily appointed to replace president aaron peskin, our clerk. it's brant saliba. i would like to thank jamie ivatury for from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcement? thank you, madam chair. just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent interruptions to our proceedings, should you have any documents to be included as part of the

supervisor matt dorsey and the department of public health introducing that measure today.hey say it would make it easier for people to access the drug called bipolar. but i'm sorry. by producing, the medication is used to reduce opioid use and cravings. a study by the health department this year found fewer than half of the retail pharmacies in the city had that drug in stock. a group of doctors, public health experts and community organizers are rallying today to call on san francisco city leaders to do more to address the drug overdose crisis. the group gathered outside the city's medical examiner's office today to bring attention to the more than 3000 people who died from overdoses in san francisco since 2020. they say there needs to be a greater health response to try to keep people alive, and earlier today on the four, we spoke with laura thomas, the director of harm reduction policy at the san francisco aids foundation. she says there needs to be better access to life saving solutions. >> the single most effective treatment for opioid use disorder is methadone, which

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey has sent this letter asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department. if san francisco's illicit drug supplies being monitored from edit omitting. and if that monitoring is insufficient, how the board of supervisors can better fund and support that effort. the drug supply changing it to unpredictable unprecedented ways terms of how that will be deadly. it and we need to make sure we have enough resources and talk to politics to be monitored. >> this is not the first veterinary sedative to be mixed with fentanyl in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl. meta toma dean appears to be even more potent. these are issues that are really important to me as a recovering addict myself. i want to make sure that >> we can keep people alive so that they have a chance to get a recovery. and during the first 4 months of this year. >> san francisco has seen more than 250 fatal overdoses. dan kerman kr

. >> supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being made to reduce street level drug scenes advocating to turn san francisco streets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound public health strategy. we have an obligation. >> as a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. >> of course, nobody is arguing this is a huge problem. as of last year, the city's overdose death rate was more than double the national average grant. >> catherine, thank you. the emergence meanwhile of a new set of covid variants known as flirt is sparking concerns about a potential summer uptick in cases from april 14th to the 27th of that month. the variant made up about 28% of new cases in the u.s. that makes it the new dominant variant in the country over taking the j one variant ucsf, infectious disease expert doctor peter chin-hong says many of the symptoms are similar to other variants of covid. >> yeah, it's probably going to be very similar doesn't mean that everybody is goin

the matt dorsey sent a letter to san francisco's department of public health and the police asking if officials are monitoring the modern treatment. iodine. this is mixed with fentanyl. this comes as hundreds of people have been hospitalized in philadelphia and chicago, the state's counter drug task force announced it seized nearly 6 million pills containing fentanyl across california. this includes busts made at ports entering along the southern border, closing arguments are underway this midday. in the first criminal trial, a former president donald trump. this new video of him walking into the manhattan courtroom this morning, the defense just wrapped up its arguments. at one point, trump's attorney listed ten reasons why the jury should have reasonable doubt. prosecutors are now presenting their arguments. trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged affair in 2016, with adult actress stormy daniels. trump has been very vocal lately on truth social over the past few days, and federal prosecutors wanted the court to gag him for some of it. but the judge sa

. >> new at 11 tonight, san francisco supervisor matt dorsey sent out a letter today inquiring aboutthe city's capacity to monitor a potent animal tranquilizer making its way into the street level drug supply. the supervisor wants to know what role medetomidine may be playing in overdoses in the city. this comes after a nationwide public health warning last week about the drug's role in overdoses across several u.s. and canadian cities. today's letter is seeking answers from the city's chief medical examiner, department of public health and the police department's drug market agency coordination center. >> a new proposed bill looks to protect firefighters from dangerous chemicals found in the gear that they wear. >> assemblyman matt haney introduced the legislation. current firefighter turnout has been found to contain significant levels of pfas. pfas also known as forever chemicals and a known carcinogen. haney's bill would ensure their gear will be free of cancer causing chemicals as soon as noncancerous fire gear is available. haney says california's firefighters will get it. hane

looking to require pharmacies to stock a medication used for treating opioid use disorder, supervisor matt dorsey and the department of public health introduced that measure. today. they say it would make it easier for people to access buprenorphine. that medication is used to reduce opioid use and cravings. a study by the health department this year found fewer than half of the retail pharmacies in the city had that drug in stock. >> new tonight dozens packed a city meeting in half moon bay as the planning commission there met for the third time to discuss a new housing development for senior farm workers. this comes as governor newsom recently called on this commission to approve the plan after weeks of delay. as ktvu lamonica peters reports, there are mixed feelings in the community. >> dozens of people attended tuesday night's planning commission meeting in half moon bay. >> we have an obligation to put the city on the best legal footing and make sure that we follow the law, as the governor has asked us, the commission has to decide if it will approve a 40 unit senior housing project for farm

. >> supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being madeo reduce street level drug scenes advocating to turn san francisco stneets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound public health strategy. we have an obligation. >> as a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. >> of course, nobody is arguing this is a huge problem as of last year, the city's overdose death rate was more than double the national average. no, alan can. >> catherine, thank you. we want to get your check of the 4 zone forecast now where karl has really gobbled up the golden gate bridge since last hour. lawrence, you talk about a summer pattern. there it is there. that summer in san francisco really is, you know, some of the coldest days right in our summertime. >> you get that fog out there. you get a little breeze. get some of that moisture on your skin. boy could be really cold outside. now we're starting to see more of those patterns kind of selling up a win from winter weather.

el supervisor matt dorsey envió una carta al departamento de salud pública y a la policía de san francisco de hospitaliza ciones por esta mezcla en las ciudades de filadelfia y chicago. vamos a de sunnyvale, e autoridades investigan el arresto de un cartero que, según el reporte, actuó de forma extraña, al punto que hirió a un oficial canino. ocurrió el pasado miércoles en la avenida cordilleras, donde el trabajador habría amenazado a una pareja que iba en su auto. la policía llegó a la escena e intentó hablar con él, pero al no conseguirlo, mandaron a un agente canino. pero el cartero lo hirió con spray pimienta. finalmente fue arrestado y por ahora, este hecho ha sido clasificado como un caso de salud mental. y le recordamos que si usted o alguien conocido necesita ayuda, puede comunicarse al triple 8 6 28 9454. hay ayuda disponible y en español las 24 horas al día en el condado dorado, los bomberos respondieron a una colisión de un solo vehículo ocurrida ayer después de las 14:00 de la tarde cerca de park creek road en pollock pines. los bomberos lograron sacar a 3 personas de la camion

. >> district six supervisor matt dorsey believes the city is on its way to bringing the downtown back from the pandemic. >> hopefully, this is the kind of thing that makes people who are have the option of working from home and commuting want to come downtown, and that's good for our downtown businesses. >> even if people are coming downtown for work, they leave as soon as it's done, so it's fun to actually have something nearby for like all the coworkers or friends to meet up and enjoy time together. i have little slimline versions of them right here, and for business owners, it's a welcome sight. >> i mean, these events are great. i love seeing all the people coming out. i mean, they're expecting 10,000 people tonight. that's amazing. on a thursday, the packed street offering a glimpse of what could be. >> i like being able to see the energy and kind of the vision of like, what it would look like if everyone did come back. >> san francisco, in my mind, is hope. san francisco has changed and so, you know, we're going through a transition period. but all that means is that it's an opp

. >> san francisco supervisor matt dorsey sent this letter to the city's health department and the medical of drugs

. >> district six supervisor matt dorsey believes the city is on its way to bringing the downtown back from the pandemic. >> hopefully, this is the kind of thing that makes people who are have the option of working from home and commuting want to come downtown, and that's good for our downtown businesses. >> even if people are coming downtown for work, they leave as soon as it's done, so it's fun to actually have something nearby for like all the coworkers or friends to meet up and enjoy time together. i have little slimline versions of them right here, and for business owners, it's a welcome sight. >> i mean, these events are great. i love seeing all the people coming out. i mean, they're expecting 10,000 people tonight. that's amazing. on a thursday, the packed street offering a glimpse of what could be. >> i like being able to see the energy and kind of the vision of like, what it would look like if everyone did come back. >> san francisco, in my mind, is hope. san francisco has changed and so, you know, we're going through a transition period. but all that means is that it's an opp

supervisor matt dorsey, is in the chamber and joining us, today. and we'll have some opening remarks and the floor is yours. great. thank you so much, chair chan, i want to start by thanking you, chair chan, and your staff on all your work on this over the last few months, we have had a lot of discussions around apec and the fund. this fund for at several budget and finance committee meetings. so i want to keep my remarks brief, apec was an opportunity for san francisco to showcase what a vibrant and world class destination we remain. and that negative headlines notwithstanding, we are as worthy of tourism convention, convention and investment dollars as ever before. but this was no garden variety event. it was a national special security event deemed by the us secret service and department of homeland security to be of international significance, and there were unprecedented security measures that went along with that. i think it also bears noting that there were uncertainties around those security measures, measures, and in many ways, that's by t

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey sent this letter. >> asking the city's medical examiner departmenth and police department to answer the following questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? we could have predicted that the drug supplier be deadly is. what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months. there's something new. drive is and more addictive and more if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was actually more to the site seem from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> meanwhile, state law enforcement agencies have taken nearly 6 million fentanyl pills off the streets since january. tha

. >> supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being madeto reduce street level drug scenes advocating to turn san francisco streets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound public health strategy. we have an obligation. >> as a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. catherine heenan kron. 4 news. >> the new set of coronavirus variants known as flirt is sparking concerns about a potential summer uptick in covid cases. they say for 2 weeks in april, the ariants made up about 28% of new cases in the u.s. ucsf infectious disease expert doctor peter chin. hong says many of the symptoms are similar to other variants of covid. yeah, it's probably going to be very similar doesn't mean that everybody is going out of a mild you know, we're still seeing covid in the hospital, believe it or not. >> just not that just the lowest point in the pandemic. but common theme of everyone that i've seen in last with serious diseases that they didn't get a single vaccine i

i like to introduce district supervisor matt dorsey.s man here, dedicated his life to riding a bike. he gave up his car. he rides his bike to work every day and he is advocating for everyone, but he is mostly focused in the district 6 areas which is the soma-thank you-soma community as well as treasure island, mission bay as well as the tenderloin. not the tenderloin. not anymore. anyway, we want to welcome matt dorsey. [applause] >> thank you so much. happy bike to anywhere day everybody! as a urban supervisor quhoo doesn't own a car i make a commitment now to give up my parking spot for a bike lane and i see that isn't going over well with legislative staff but we can talk about that. san francisco has ambitious goals in the climate action plan and one of them is to reduce our-we have to get to 80 percent trips that are low emission by 2030 and biceling has to be a part that. as somebody who doesn't own a car, most trips are do are bike share but i want to express gratitude. i want to say thanks to the bicycle coalition. i worked in t

i like to introduce district supervisor matt dorsey.n here, dedicated his life to riding a bike. he gave up his car. he rides his bike to work every day and he is advocating for everyone, but he is mostly focused in the district 6 areas which is the soma-thank you-soma community as well as treasure island, mission bay as well as the tenderloin. not the tenderloin. not anymore. anyway, we want to welcome matt dorsey. [applause] >> thank you so much. happy bike to anywhere day everybody! as a urban supervisor quhoo doesn't own a car i make a commitment now to give up my parking spot for a bike lane and i see that isn't going over well with legislative staff but we can talk about that. san francisco has ambitious goals in the climate action plan and one of them is to reduce our-we have to get to 80 percent trips that are low emission by 2030 and biceling has to be a part that. as somebody who doesn't own a car, most trips are do are bike share but i want to express gratitude. i want to say thanks to the bicycle coalition. i worked in this

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey sent this letter. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer the following questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? could have predicted that the drug supplier stephanie, this and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new, that drive this and more addictive and more data. if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was actually more to the side scene from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> in the north bay, santa rosa police arrested a man accused of trafficking guns from china f

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey sent this letter. >> asking the city's medical examiner department of public health and police department to answer the following questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? we could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes is. and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new driver of this and more addictive and more data. if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better area. >> trent was or actually more to the side scene from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. new developments now from the memorial day mass shooting in south sacramento, where 5 people w

grand opening of the city's new panorama park mayor. 321 breed was there, joined by supervisor matt dorsey and city administrator carmen chu. panorama park is part of the revitalization that's underway at the formal naval base at yerba buena and treasure islands. the park offers 360 degree views of the bay area and has a 69 foot sculpture. it's the first work of public art commissioned by the treasure island arts program. the east bay regional parks district is celebrating its 90th birthday in style. this afternoon, the district hosted park fest at lake chabot regional park in castro valley. the free event was filled with fun, food and music. several local companies helped sponsor the event. caltrain is giving people a behind the scenes look at their new electric trains today. the rail service gave tours of these trains in san carlos. visitors were allowed to explore interiors of the cars, learn about their new features and get a glimpse of what caltrain will be like later this year. caltrain says these electric trains will help create a cleaner, greener and faster service. the state of th

now san francisco supervisor matt dorsey is asking local health officials to monitor for that drug. fact, just last year, the san francisco health department. sent out an alert about xylazine which is another animal tranquilizer that was found mixed with fentanyl causing overdoses too. >> we could have predicted that the drug supplier he still believes what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new that drive and more addictive and more data. >> from january of april, from january to april of this year, san francisco has seen now total of 250 fatal overdoses. >> this morning, investigators are trying to figure out how this fire got started in oakland saturday night. it was at a warehouse sorry, sunday night the start the fire started in lumber warehouse is called economy lumber. the building is on high street right off of 8.80. you can see the flames shooting from the roof there. lots of thick smoke. they did put it out, but they stayed at the scene yesterday to put out any hot spots. and today they're still investigating. multiple states continue

francisco supervisor matt dorsey is now asking public officials if san francisco's illicit drug supplytored for that drug. just last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that is i love scene or tranq as it's commonly known, which is another animal tranquilizer that's been mixed with fentanyl, causing respiratory issues. >> we could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months. there's something new drive and more effective and more data. >> well, from january to april of this year, san francisco has seen more than 250 fatal overdoses. time now 6.38 and a big step forward for solano county city of the future. officials. >> are sharing a timeline now for this development called california forever, california forever submitted a petition with tens of thousands of signatures to allow the development to move forward. elections officials now have until june 12 to verify those signatures that they meet the minimum threshold to put this on the november ballot. solano county supervisors will u

. >> supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being madel drug scenes advocating to turn san francisco streets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound public health strategy. we have an obligation. >> as a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. catherine heenan. >> kron. 4 news. >> the family of angelo quinto who died after being a police custody in the in antioch has now settled with the city for 7 and a half million dollars. the antioch city council voted to approve the settlement in closed session. the civil rights suit against the city of antioch was filed on behalf of the family of the 30 year-old. he was a filipino american veteran who died by asphyxia after police officers knelt on his neck during what the family says was a mental health emergency in december of 2020. tesla's accused of violating the federal clean air act hundreds of times by letting its fremont plant. it harmful pollutants. the lawsuit filed by the nonprofit environmental de

. >> san francisco supervisor matt dorsey sent this letter to the city's health department and the medical examiner's office asking for the animal tranquilizer to be added to the hundreds of drugs tested every year, giving san francisco a chance to respond. >> i wanted to make sure that san francisco is ready for this, i know that in philadelphia, just in the last month, over the course of just 3 or 4 days, there were more than 600 people who were hospitalized from medetomidine because it was laced into the fentanyl drug supply. >> ucsf's doctor ciccarone has been studying drugs for decades. >> the concern is that because it's sedating that that could go, in the wrong direction. when you're already on a sedating opioid like fentanyl. and now you have two sedating drugs or sort of a double downer combination, we could call it uh. and that would raise the risk for overdose. >> we got a rare look inside the san francisco medical examiner's toxicology lab, where they test over 200 drugs per case. san francisco's chief forensic toxicologist said they're constantly detecting different types of d

. >> supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being made to reduce street level drug scenes advocating to turn san francisco streets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound public health strategy. we have an obligation. >> as a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. catherine heenan. >> kron. 4 news. it's 9.40 and still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news, we're learning new details about the 5 year-old boy who drowned behind a home on bethel island. >> and we are looking at a day today that is going to bring daytime highs in the upper 50's to low 60's at the coast with a little bit of talking breezy weather, upper 70's to even low 80's got your forecast. >> and it looks like we're finally clears. you're traveling along west just got that completely clear. and they're opening that back up 24 now will slow and sluggish 24 now will slow and sluggish ♪ (ominous music) ♪ teacher: ...but it's still true. there are four states of matter. there are solids, l

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey is asking local health officials to monitor for the drug just lastepartment of public health sent out an alert about silencing, which is another animal tranquilizer being mixed with fentanyl causing overdoses. >> we could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes is. what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new that drive and more addictive and more >> yeah. from january to april of this year, san francisco seen more than 250 fatal overdoses. >> 7.38 right now and a big step forward for the forever. >> development in solano county, the city of the future officials have shared a timeline now for this california forever development that they hope to build. they submitted a petition with tens of thousands of signatures. che get to move forward. what happens now as election officials have until june 12 to verify the signatures, make sure they meet the threshold uor qualifying for the ballot. solano county supervisors will ultimately decide whether or not california forever gets on the ballot. >> great news fo

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey now sounding the alarm on a new drug making its way into street level drugs. >> doma, dean is a powerful veterinary sedative. and last week nationwide, public health advisories were issued stating that this drug has been driving the recent mass overdose outbreaks in philadelphia, chicago and elsewhere. today, dorsey issued a letter of inquiry to the city to monitor for its presence. california law enforcement agency sees nearly 6 million fentanyl pills this year. that's according to governor gavin newsom's office. the california national guard's counter drug task force confiscated 5.8 million pills since january. and 2.3 million fentanyl pills last month. in a statement, governor newsom says, quote, illegal fentanyl has no place in our neighborhoods. california is tackling this problem head on by holding drug traffickers accountable and increasing seizures while the same time expanding access to substance abuse treatment options and providing lifesaving affordable reversal medicine to california and statewide. >> san jose leaders are calling for m

. >> supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being madedrug scenes advocating to turn san francisco streets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound public health strategy. we have an obligation. >> as a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. catherine heenan. >> kron. 4 news for your help. this morning. a new set of coronavirus variant known as flirt. >> sparking concerns about a potential uptick in covid cases this summer. they say for about 2 weeks in april, the variant made up about 28% of new cases in the u.s. ucsf infectious disease expert doctor peter chin-hong says many of the symptoms are similar to previous variants of covid. >> yeah, it's probably going to be very similar doesn't mean that everybody is going out of a mild you know, we're still seeing covid in the hospital, believe it or not, just not that just the lowest point in the pandemic. but common theme of everyone that i've seen last with serious diseases that they didn't get a si

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey is asking local health officials to monitor for the drug. there's just last year that san francisco's health department sent out an alert about xylazine, which is another animal tranquilizer that was found mixed with fentanyl and causing overdoses. >> we could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new. drive and more addictive and more >> and from january to april of this year, san francisco has seen more than 250 fatal overdoses. >> it's taken a long time, but there's a big step for now for the for ever community that they want to build in solano county and they've shared their renderings and also the fact that they have a timeline now for this california forever development sort of utopia community that they want to build. a california forever says they have collected the signature, the signatures to get on the ballot. 10's of thousands of signatures that they've sent now into elections. officials and now they have until june 12 to verify those s

. >> supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being madet level drug scenes advocating to turn san francisco streets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound public health strategy. we have an obligation. >> as a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. catherine heenan. >> kron. 4 news. >> a controversial plan from san francisco city leaders to give free alcohol to homeless people suffering from alcoholism is getting some pushback. the city one initiative called the managed alcohol program. our map, it's been around for about 4 years. it has cost the city about 20 million dollars. supporters say the goal is not to eliminate alcohol use, but rather to keep individuals at a quote, safe level of intoxication, aiming to increase their safety and overall quality of life. but critics say this is only making the problems worse and the city should be focusing on helping these people beat their addiction. >> where's the medical supervision for when someone doe

now san francisco supervisor matt dorsey is asking local health officials to start monitoring for thisg. fact, it was just last year the city's department of health sent out an alert about xylazine, which is another animal tranquilizer. that was being mixed with fentanyl and causing overdoses from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 fatal overdoses. it's 10. 35 and we have an update now on one of 2 standoffs that happen in concord on monday night. >> police have identified the man accused of forcing his way into a home on roseburg court. as 47 year-old kristen stewart. police say the woman lived in that home with her 3 daughters. neighbors were asked to shelter in place when they heard gunshots. and there was a standoff that lasted a couple of hours until stewart came out. nobody was hurt. police say this stewart told officers he went into the home because he was being followed by several armed people and an investigation concluded that there was no evidence to support that he was booked into jail on many charges. there is concerned citizen calling on the al

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey sent this letter. >> asking the city's medical examiner departmentpublic health and police department to answer the following questions. is san francisco's illicit drug supply being monitored from toma dean. and if the monitoring is insufficient, how can the board of supervisors better fund and support that effort? could have predicted that the drug supplier he believes and what's alarming is that it's changing seemingly every few months or something. new. drive is and more addictive and more data. if this all sounds familiar, it should in february of last year, the san francisco department of public health sent out an alert that xylazine or tranq another animal tranquilizer was being mixed with fentanyl causing respiratory issues home. eating, which is also better better. an area. >> trent was or actually more to the site seen from january to april of this year. san francisco seen more than 250 >> fatal drug overdoses. dan kerman kron. 4 news. a big step forward for solano county city of the future. officials have shared a timeline for this billiona