narcan is gainingpopularity. spoke to people who have received this medication as well as others who have administered it. >> don't click this until it's all the way up. >> today, project manager, kristen marshall. >> that's it. one click. >> showed a room full of san francisco supervisors and city staff how to use narcan spray and save someone who's overdosing. >> if you don't wake up, i'm going to narcan you. >>>. >> in the firs half 20619, almost 1200 reversals were reported in san francisco. i bought two doses at a walgreens today. you can use insurance and get free narcan at the cbhs pharmacy on howard and 10th streets south of market. >> my expectation now would be that my staff will always have it on them and i'll know how to apply it. >> district supervisor matt hainey organized the training and says he's helped reverse several overdoses himself. >> i would ask members out of our community to understand what it is. to know how to access it. to know how to apply it if that's something you're comfortable wi

narcan. as you just mentioned.t's gaining traction in city hall, but it still weighs in a lot of questions elsewhere. >> don't click this until it's all the way up. does it, just one click. >> today, christie marshall shows a room full of supervisors and city staff how to use the nasal spray and save someone who's overdosing on opioids. >> hey, hey, can you hear me, i think you're overdosing, you're turning blue. if you don't wake up, i'm going to narcan you. >> in the first half of 2019, almost 1200 narcan overdose reversals with r reported in san francisco. enwhen i requested it, the pharmacist asked me a few questions. i asked two doses at walgreens today. you can use insurance. you can also get free narcan at the cvhs pharmacy south of market. >> my expectation now would be that my staff will always have it on them. that i'll have it on me and that i know how to apply it. >> district 60 supervisor says he's helped reverse several overdoses himself. do you expect every day regular san francisco citizens to be ad

the narcan use. johnson & johnson got stuck with $550 million fine for their use in oklahoma for their involvement in narcotics. i have a friend who works for them. they are having parties. they thought it would be in the billions. $550 million they could careless. you would think they would make a big deal about it, that was the best thing that could happen to them. they consider that a huge victory paying that kind of money. in the cliffs in the day, you are very busy. i get a text message on the events that are going on. very busy last month with rescues. very good job, good work. i will be going to new york city later this month to see the memorial, and, hopefully, i will get around there and it won't be too crowded. that was it. thanks for your report, chief. it is nice to have it documented and the photos are great, too. >> president nakajo: vice president covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you for your report. it is very comprehensive and much appreciated. along with my fellow commiss

near civic center, kenny lundsford says he is very familiar with narcan.used it to help people who have overdosed. >> i have, out here in these streets. and they make it easily accessible. >> reporter: he says that ongoing accessibility in san francisco is critical, especially now. >> it goes all the way up, right? that way it hits the charge into the sinuses. >> reporter: matt heaney invited supervisors and staff for training o h naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose. >> it's the most deadly epidemic facing our city and it's a crisis. >> reporter: he has called for declaring a public health crisis. city numbers show opioid overdose deaths jumped by 31% from 2017 to 2018. fentanyl death morse than doubled. >> i would ask members of our community to understand what narcan is, to know how to access it, to know how to apply it, if that's something you're comfortable with. >> reporter: he argues some should not be using these drugs or should be in treatment, but that's not possible if they don't survive. >> that's the majority of overdoses that we're getting

. >> of course that is known as narcan and basically it is a miracle opioid reversal drug. >> it has saved thousands of lives and is extraordinary. >> yes. in some states they have made it you don't even have to have a prescription it is a matter of providing funding for firefighters and first responders and even librarians because now there are situations where people are passing out in library the bathrooms overdosing it's an epidemic and they are not trained. >> they need to have narcan on hand. >> but the families are so beleaguered in the communities are so exhausted. so talk about what you learned about the harm reduction model how we can educate and prevent overdosing in people harming themselves. >> i went to barcelona spain they have supervised injection facilities it is where addicted users can go get clean needles and shoot up and even smoke crack cocaine and it is legal to do so inside the facility and then they are watched over by trained medical staff. it's a little outside the box even for a met one - - americans. >> so with a moment of clarity ready for help in making

about our harm reduction process , about narcan grade we have saved a couple of lives using narcan. i want to thank you, director henderson, because the accountability came and addressed the officers on presented on the mediation process and the officers engaged and liked the presentation i really bought into the process. we will hear the numbers shortly about the number of homeless individuals in our city, and the folks waiting on the shelter list every night. that is not lost on us. we also know that we need to be responsive in addressing some of these issues. if you look at our statistics momentarily, you will see that the citations and arrests are down. we would rather get someone connected with the navigation center, there is 15 beds for us, generally speaking. we would rather get someone connected to the navigation center then take them to the county jail, or otherwise. we are using a coordinated outreach strategy, homeless outreach team, public health. we try our very best to get them to advance the work that the police department and public works is doing so that we can spen

these kids, narcan and -- >> they are all part of that strategy. the functional testing strips in particular, these are kind of, they look like a pregnancy test. figure two is, you don't know what's in it, it could be pure heroin or heroin with fentanyl, you don't know. so mix it up in a solution, dip the strip in and if there's one stripe, that means there is functional which means there isn't. so what studies have found is that if people realize there is fentanyl in their drugs, like you said it could be mixed into anything, cocaine, meth, if people find fentanyl in there, they are less likely to take it and therefore less likely to overdose and die. >> you are talking about your plan in 2010, for me, 2014, a messenger graduated college and come back to a small town in new hampshire and he was taking extra courses, his father was a dentist and he wanted to become a dentist and his parents were aware he had a drug problem. he had been to treatment and come back. he was living with them and what happened was, he got a respiratory, a bad cold and we

and then of course there's naloxone, known as narcan. this is basically a miracle opioid reversal drug. it's something out of science fiction. >> host: saving thousands of lives. there really is extraordinary. >> guest: yeah, it is some states they have made us a don't need to get a prescription to get it but it's really a matter of providing funding for firefighters, first responders, and even people like librarians. because there's the situations now where people are passing out in library bathrooms can overdosing. it's an epidemic across the country, and librarians are not trained to deal with these situations. >> host: they need to narcan on hand. and family members do. and and i think that's one of te things that families are so believers, the communities are so exhausted from this. so talk a little bit about what you learned from europe about this harm reduction model and how we can educate and prevent overdosing and people harming themselves. >> guest: right. so i went to spain, and in particular barcelona. and there they have the

officers used narcan to reverse the side effects. police believe the student took counterfeit percocets that contained fentanyl. >> 18 months ago, our police department started carrying narcan in their vehicles, and that was just a way for us to be proactive, and anticipate with the uptick nationally. >> campus police say this is the first time officers have had to use that can. >>> an east bay woman with a rare genetic illness was told by i.c.e. to go back to guatemala. >> but after public outcry, the trump administration is letting her stay. andria borba, on how the change of heart could change her life. >> reporter: immigration and customs enforcement will allow different actions requests to let patients and their family members stay in the u.s. for life-saving medical treatment. the 24-year-old woman lives in concord with a rare genetic illness, but she was told she had 33 days to go back to her native guatemala or be deported. she was invited to the u.s. by doctors when she was just seven years old to join a clinical trial that

it would include increasing access to narcan, increased outreach to those using drugs, and a plan to create emergency detox centers. we talk to the people who need those things, and they say it is only treating a symptom, not the source. >> those are the problem. they are a solution. our problem is what's going on. >> reporter: specifically she says homelessness. another san francisco crisis that is $279 million budget has yet to solve. so, while it is a step in the right direction, drug reduction experts say there is still a long way to go. >> my hope is that we start to see some policy limitation that would support people's holding and not just the risk for overdose. >> reporter: just to see how rampant this problem is, the video was shot by our photographer that he took less than half an hour to find people injecting themselves with drugs on the street. what will not take quite so quick a time. is passing that resolution. that will have to first go to a hearing in a couple of weeks and then ultimately be voted on by the san francisco board of supervisors. live in san francisco, em

we didn't have narcan on us at that point so we were able to yell and find somebody who did have narcan while we called 911. thankfully, we were able to apply the narcan and the fire department arrived in very quickly, in a few minutes and he was able to be revived. his situation thankfully is one of survival. there are thousands of overdoses that are happening in our city every year and, sadly, many people are not surviving in the way that he did. some of you may have seen the recent articles in the "san francisco "chronicle"" about an individual named tyson fielser. tyson had been in san francisco and had lost contact with his family for years. and they didn't know where he was. finally they were able to reconnect with him a few months ago here in san francisco. and it seemed at the time that this was going to be a story of healing and of reconnection and rehabilitation. he left with his family to the midwest and ultimately earlier this month took a bus back to san francisco and last week tragically overdosed on the streets of the tenderloin and died. this situation of people dying on

. >> that includes narcan this is the miracle opioid reversal dru drug. >> saving thousands of lives. >> in some states they made is a don't need to have a prescription but to provide funding for our firefighters are first responders or even librarians because their situations now where people are passing out in library bathrooms it is an epidemic across the country and they are not trained to deal with these situations. >> but that is one of the things that they are so exhausted from this. so talk about what you learn about the harm reduction model and how we can educate and prevent overdosing and people harming themselves. >> i went to spain, barcelona. and they have these facilities calls supervise injection facilities for addicted users could go in with a clean needle and shoot up parowan or fentanyl and even smoke crack cocaine it is legal to do so inside the facility they are watched over by trained medical staff. it is a little outside the boss - - the box. >> that is all part of the package because as we learn more about this moment of clarity ready for treatment and help and

fentanyl. >> our police department started carrying narcan in their vehicles.t was a way for us to be proactive and anticipate with the uptick nationally. >> campus police say this is the first time that officers have had to use narcan. >> drug dealing on the streets of san francisco has driven out a long time bar owner and now he says he has had enough. the open air drug sales at market and 7th just across the street from the federal building have plagued businesses there for years. but even as the city pushes to clean up the streets near city hall, the owner of the now closed mr. smith's bar says it's just not working. >> i'm dealing with organized drug dealers on my corner every day. i don't know the details or where the breakdown in the situation is. i do know police are working their tails off. it's not there. >> people are not being held accountable for their actions and that's important. >> the d.a.'s office says 86% of drug arrests are prosecuted, but with such small amounts, they rarely stay in jail for long. >> 5:37 this morning. amazon is unveiling i

read the party manifesto then they'd see what direction this is going and done will do much more narcan. i've spoken to several people here in ny now over the last couple of hours none of them really wanting to stand in front of the camera and any f.t. voters i've met said that they don't like how they're presented in the media saying that they're presented as neo nazis or right wing extremists but interestingly 2 words kept coming up migration in order one woman told me order needs to be restored to germany and she believes the f.d.a. is the party to do that before we leave we need one they have to be voter who previously voted for angle america's conservative c.d.u. he feels the rural east was left behind after german reunification. do you know much if. they stopped caring about so long ago. in the fog or steve germany here. is the you know it's a bomb and after that there's nothing. f.t.v. say the party has given them a platform to add their grievances and fia's but for the 50 percent who didn't fight for the far right party the f.t. is anything but the solution to night alice proble

it would include more outreach workers and make narcan, the overdose reversal drug, more readily available. >> and we need treatment spots that are available. if we're out there and somebody wants to get off drugs, and we tell them, we don't have anything for you, that's dangerous. that's reckless. >> reporter: the mayor says the department of public health has nurses and workers on the street every day helping treat people and working to prevent overdoses. during a previous board of supervisors meeting, the police were targeting high level drug dealers. >> sadly right now people are arrested and released, and there are no consequences. >> reporter: they say the city needs to do more. >> i don't know how anybody could say we're doing good enough when more and more people are dying. >> reporter: there were 259 drug overdose deaths in 2018, up from 222 from the year before. the san francisco general hospital's emergency department tells me he sees deadly overdoses almost every day, and expects numbers this year to surpass last year. matt says he's homeless and addiction is it have tough to b

san francisco supervisor, matt haney and his staff they're learning how to use narcan to help save the lives of people who overdose on drugs. so this training comes the day after haney introduced a resolution declaring a public health crisis in san francisco. kron four's taylor sacking has that story. comprehensive plan. >>that is has been at the emergency or facing. and this epidemic is going. more people you pretty much any that they often san francisco. items is the hiv. >>a public health crisis that's how supervisor matt haney describes what's going on in the city, specifically in his district in the tenderloin and south of market neighborhoods. he introduced a resolution on tuesday the calls for an emergency response to street drug use and overdose deaths colored ice in silence. >>quiet these alleyways in the tenderloin and it is a scary situation out there and people and so there's a lot of him down the stock index right now. last year. >>there were 259 overdose deaths in san francisco. supervisor haney's resolution urges the department of health to come up with a comprehensive p

we are also working with community partners to schedule a number of narcan trainings around district six this month, including one here at city hall for my fellow supervisors and for city hall staff. we need to address the deadly crisis with systemic changes, more access to narcan, and we also need to make sure that each of us are prepared as these heroes were to save a life if we are needed. at this time, it is my pleasure to provide certificates of honor to the following first responders for their exemplary service to our community, saving the lives of our friends, neighbors and family members. acting section chief, paramedic eddie byrd, officer matthew parker, officer joseph, officer andrew clifford, officer holbrook, officer townsend, officer costa, officer stephen arango, officer nico, an officer john. i think we have the captain who is going to say a few words. thank you, captain, for your leadership and for training, and supporting your officers so that they can be prepared when that moment comes,. i want to thank you for your leadership, as well. [applause] >> i really apprec

staff learned how to use life-saving drug narcan, see someone on the street overdosed, can save their lives. training for community members in the future. >>> those anxiously awaiting b.a.r.t. for san jose may have to wait longer. may not be ready until 2030. original estimate of 2026 was made more than five years ago. new underground design will take longer to construct but cause less disruption in the city. >> single bore tunnel changes construction from cut and cover construction, tearing up roadways, to doing the project, most of the work happening underground in the tunnel. >> bta also says the new design helped get early federal grant and could still finish well before 2030. >>> dancing and music filled san francisco's city hall for latino heritage celebration, theme roots of resistance. ceremony by the mayor's office, during the festivities, julian castro took to the stage. >> all of us here today know the destiny of the country is intertwined like never before with destiny of the latino community. >>> jeff ranieri, news? if you're sick of the heat, good news, if you're not, co

for more drop-in centers, more detox centers, even calling for the city to have something called narcan, which made more accessible here in san francisco. heaney represents areas like civic center, tenderloin, all very difficult areas. live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >>> happening tonight, mountain view will vote whether to ban recreational vehicles parking on most city streets while creating safe parking plan. rvs have come up as housing solutions. several cities have set up parking programs. contentious, sparking protests and spirited debate at meetings. plan will take effect january 1st. we want to hear your ideas on building a better bay area, join our build a better bay area on facebook. >>> new legal battle today between the bay area and trump administration over salt ponds, specifically those tucked near the redwood city side of the san mateo bridge. environmental groups say ponds act as vital habitats for local wildlife, asking the judge to overturn the epa's decision to overturn what they say are important protections. >> they're saying this area behind me wh

is emergency plan would include making narcan and having it more readily available. >> you make surent spots are available if someone wants to get off drugs and we tell them we don't have anything for you, that is dangerous and reckless. >> the report shows 259 people died in san francisco last year from drug overdoses. the report also says that fentanyl overdose deaths have increased 150%. >>> the census data shows the number of unmarried partners living together has tripled over the past 20 years. the number went from 6 million in 1996 to 19 million in 2018. the report said greater social acceptance of unmarried partners living together is what led to this. the report also says unmarried partners are older, better educated or likely to earn higher wages and more racially diverse. >>> the heat was turned up in san francisco today. why experts say the construction materials used in a number of homes can make the hot weather especially dangerous . >>> we will look at the temperatures. the five day forecast that shows a big cool down as we go toward the next 72 hours. the juul record.

and recovery programs and more narcan for our first responders. this is important but we also have to realize that the threat is evolving and changing. one thing i learned when i was home and talking to groups all over the state about this issue is that yes, the legislation we passed is helping. i got to see it helping, so you how the comprehensive addiction recovery act, my legislation, is being put to work in ohio. but the new threat in ohio is these new drugs that are coming in, particularly crystal meth. crystal meth coming in from mexico that is more powerful and less expensive than ever. we used to have meth labs in ohio. you may have had them in your communities as well. you probably won't hear much about meth labs anymore. why? because the stuff on the street is even more powerful than you can make in a meth lab, some someone's home. and it's less expensive. in fact, the law enforcement folks in ohio are telling me the meth on the street in ohio is less expensive than marijuana and has a much more corrosive effect on our communities and a

either narcan devices in these houses? i see a bunch of nodding heads and i'm really pleased.you will know a lot of people in the community. you will run into people who need their lives saved. i can't do recovery management and support on this people. but we can when people have their lives saved. we have the opportunity to turn their lives around. i would like to hear your ideas for research support. we find people to do research all across the country and we want your ideas. not sure whether i'm allowed to take questions, will definitely turn to you for observations. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. one thing i forgot to mention, doctor adams, the general will join us around 10:30 a.m. so we can look forward to that. i should be about 30 minutes. when he comes in, we'll have him give a five to seven minute introduction and talk a bit in the same way. who wants to go next? [applause] >> good morning. i'm in rhode island, i have a private practice there in addiction. what i would like to focus on is the importance of recovery. the important things within recovery i

officials are saying a student who took what they thought was percocet was saved by first responders with narcan or naloxone which reverses an overdose. they are warning students counterfeit pills could be laced with a powerful opioid fentanyl. >>> original series project home is uncovering some big problems with the bay area housing crisis. >>> one example is in antioch where a developer is using public bond money to convert multiple apartment complexes into affordable housing. it might sound like a good thing. we need affordable housing. the problem is because cost of living is so high here the rent will rise. at this low income property. >>> it will grow from $900 a month to $1300 a month for one- bedrooms. two-bedroom units will see a hike of $900 as well. that means it is out of the price range for many low income people who already live there. and other tenants make too much money to qualify for this low income housing. >>> i had affordable housing. a lot of my neighbors had affordable ing. fortunely gh >>> i feel like we were sucker punch. the rug pulled out from under us. >>y thats makin

the plan includes more outreach workers and making narcan more readily available for emergency responderssan francisco. >> we also need to be sure treatment spots are available. if we're out there and somebody says, we want to get off drugs, but we don't have anything for you, that's dangerous and that's reckless. >> fentanyl overdose deaths increased 150% in 2018. >>> a new study says americans are not doing great eating healthy foods. the new report shows american diets rely too heavily on foods contributing to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other health problems. researchers from harvard found the average consumer gets their low calorie carbs like white bread. americans have decreased their added sugar and salt intake over the last 16 years. >>> companies want to get rid of plastic waste and help make roads more durable and help them last longer. >> we process the things people throw away and use them to replace the black oil you get in the road. >> the new material is being used in the uk already. >>> the planned extension through downtown san josi for bart may il 2030. the 2026

more outreach workers are included as well as making narcan more available for emergency responders in san francisco. >> we need to be sure treatment spots are available. if we're out there an somebody wants to get off drugs and we tell them, we don't have anything for you, that's dangerous and that's reckless. >> 259 people died in san francisco last year from drug overdoses. fentanyl overdose deaths increased 150% in 2018. >>> an investigation is underway after a series of unusual break-ins in alameda where burglars are spending a lot of time the home. in one incident, a burglar slipped in through an open side door and walked past someone who was sleeping, and made himself a sandwich and smoked marijuana. when the person's roommate came home and heard someone in the shower? >> i knocked on the bathroom door, and i hear a voice that's not his. it's confusing so i knocked again. he opened it then jumps back into the shower. >> officers arrested 28-year- old dennis cruz and he's been charged with burglary. another incident had a camera catching clear images of the suspect, with tattoos

the emergency plan would include adding more outreach workers and make the overdose reversal drug narcan more readily available for emergency responders in san francisco. >> we also need treatment spots out there available. >> a report showed 259 people died in san francisco last year from drug overdoses. fentanyl overdoses increased 237% in 2018. >>> a deadly crash on i-80 near air base parkway. at least one person was killed in the multicar crash that also involved a big rig about 12:30 overnight. that road has since been cleared. the investigation continues. >>> an investigation is underway after someone was hit and killed by a union pacific train last night near huntwood avenue in south heyward. it caused problems for other train traffic in the area, including the capital corridor amtrak train. no other information has been released. >>> things are beginning to pick up and so far we don't have anything major but we have a couple slowdowns. start with the gilroy commute, slowing on northbound 101. it's out of gilroy and coming up into morgan hill, which is typical on northbound 101. a

we tried to make it clear that just providing access to narcan or naloxone, this is not going to solvethe problem. when you do think critically about getting folks out of the markets and reducing the exposure to these synthetic opioids. so it offer a number of examples of this outside the box thinking. i think there are now seven countries where they actually will prescribe pharmaceutical grade heroin to people who tried methadone, tried other treatments multiple times but are still using heroin. there then randomized controlled trials of this. the results are very good in terms of it reducing the consumption of street-based heroin. also there's suggestive evidence they can reduce crime and potentially improve health outcomes. at the federal level this is something we can only system randomized trials. even though hate it when is one drug, we can to clinical research on this. imagining some of these trials in some of the places like philly or san francisco that a been hit hard. also the federal government could make it easier for localities to begin excavating some of the other options

it would make narcan more ready available. >> we need to make sure treatment spots are available. if we're out there and someone wants to get off drug -- drugs and we tell them we don't have anything for you. that's reckless. >> reporter: brandon reed said in a statement the department of public health has nurses and outreach workers out on the street every day. helping people enter treatment and working to prevent overdoses. during a previous board of superv and the u.s. attorney's office are targeting high level drug dealers. >> sadly what we know is happening right now, people are arrested and they are released and there are no consequences. >> reporter: haney says the city needs to do more. >> i don't know how anybody can say we're doing good enough when more and more people are dying. >> reporter: according to the department of public health there were 259 drug overdose deaths in 2019 up from 222 from if year before. the head of san francisco general hospital's emergency department tells me he sees deadly overdoses almost every day. so he expects the numbers this year to surp

but we try to make it clear that just kind of providing more access to narcan in these places is not going to solve the problem. we need to start thinking creatively about getting folks out of these markets and reducing their exposure. we offer a number of examples of this kind of outside the box thinking. i think there are now seven countries where they actually will prescribe pharmaceutical grade heroin to people who tried methadone multiple times but they're still using heroin. it turns out there's been ten controls of this in other places, the results are very good in term of it reducing the consumption of street based heroin and evidence it can reduce crime. at the federal level this is something we can at least do some pilot controlled trials. we can do clinical research on this. so you can imagine doing some of these trials in some of it places like philly and san francisco that have really been hit hard. also the federal government if it wanted to, it could make it easier for localities to begin experimenting with some of these other options whether it be the fentanyl test st

they can tart the narcannery versal after there were 150 instances of narcan taken. these mass confiscations contribute to the 400 deaths on the streets. if referrals are working let's pay the hot teams and stop treating this as a law enforcement issue. >> good evening. i am kelly. i am a human rights organizer with the coalition on homelessness. i am thrilled we are here. i am on the homeless coordinating board. i have been asking for the data and information that you have been asking. i have been asking every month for the past year and a half. we are not getting anything. the things in the powerpoint was from sunshine request that i had to start digging there. is no transparency, no open communication, and we were seeing what is happening on the streets. we see and i have been doing street outreach in some way in the city for almost 18 years now. it is not new. what we are seeing recently is officers going and i have got to tell you officers are being thrown under be the bus. they don't want to do this. they know they have got nothing. we wish there was somewhere

on the health department to formulate an emergency plan including more outreach workers and making narcanerdose drug more readily available. >> treatment spots are available, if we are out there and somebody wants to get off drugs and we don't have employees that is dangerous and rec bless. >> mayor london breed said in a statement that the accident of public health has outreach workers on the streets every day helping people into treatment and working to board of supervisors meeting the san francisco police and the u.s. attorney's office are targeting high level drug dealers. >> sadly what we know is happening right now, people are arrested and they are released and there are are no consequences. >> the city needs to do more. >> i don't know how anybody can say we are doing good enough when more and more people are dying. according to the department of public health there was 259 drug overdose deaths in 2018 up from 222 from the year before. telling me he sees deadly overdoses almost every day. so he expects the numbers this year to surpass last year. >> i have used -- >> matt tells me h

>>in the south bay, san jose park rangers are now carrying narcan that's the life saving drug that can counteract some cases of opioid overdoses. >>kron four's michelle kingston reports this is all thanks to a grant the county has received. >>is no stranger to the opioid epidemic in the city's parks are also not immune to drug use this gives us a chance we the definitive treatment to help save lives park rangers in san jose. thanks to a grant from santa clara county emergency medical services nor can isn't it our nasal spray that goes up the nose of a patient who was overdosing on heroin prescription pills or. once it's inhaled it can help restore their ability to breathe on their own. >>park rangers here in san jose tell me in the last 6 months there have been 2 incidences where they were first on scene for unresponsive patients with symptoms of an opioid overdose. >>because of the were station in the parks were generally on scene prior to fire department when you stop breathing every minute counts. well we have the ability to brees for people we carry oxygen and and back now which ar

he says narcan, he wants that to be more accessible. he wants to see more drop-in clinics, more detox clinics. he represents district six. that includes neighbors such as civic center where we are. those are areas with a lot of drug problems. i'm live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> the bay area's high housing costs contributed to the current homeless crisis. >> one san francisco neighborhood people put out boulders on the sidewalk so there's no room for tents. the question we're asking is this helpful or harmful? >> go to abc 7 news.com. it was interesting when we started this it was heavily in favor of harmful and now it's swung 72% in helpful. we will leave the poll open as we bring this story from clinton park. >> reporter: you're looking at a turf war one night that got to the point where everybody was done. this was the tipping this neighbor who wants her voice to be heard, but her identity protected. through a neighborhood facebook group they raised more than $2,000 to a solution for a problem they say got worse w

narcan saves lives but is not accessible to be there to ensure that overdoses are reversed and lives are saved. providers and first responders have told me programs are not available for the people that need it most, where and when they need t even after someone experiences an overdose they release without treatment or follow up. treatment options or out patients are rarely discussed or offered in the course of street outreach. i also see myself in here on a daily basis for my constituents about the impacts of extensive open air drug use and street level drug dealing on a residents, businesses and neighborhoods. in many parts of the soma, mid market and the tenderloin, deadly drugs are dealt with impunity everyday. the crisis of drug overdoses are getting worse and the preventable tragic deaths are increasing. if the city has a plan to reverse this deadly drug crisis and save lives, my constituents and i are not aware of what it is. there is a clear urgency to do more and i'm personally committed to working with you and your department to develop the departments and implement a plan

>>keep it here kron >>and even members of the board of supervisors should always narcan on them.f supervisors and staffers are now said to be better prepared to treat drug overdoses today, they learned how to use narc and to help save lives. good evening, everybody thanks for being with us tonight at 9 i'm lotus and i you would kiss the streaming comes the day after supervisor matt haney introduced a resolution. >>declaring a public health

those folks, and an actual plan to get people into treatment and make sure people have access to narcan need to make sure we are getting them into treatment. >> haney also said various city departments should be working together to combat the city's drug epidemic. >>> a california representative is asking for $7 million in federal aid to help eradicate an invasive species. in this case, it's a rodent that is called nutria. it's threatening waterways and crops in the central valley. a representative from turlock held a hearing on the rodent which again can destroy wetland habitats and jeopardize the water supply. right now the department of fish and wildlife is using $10 million in state funds to try to eradicate the nutria. >> our goal is to get out here, find them, and eradicate them before they become fully established throughout our central valley. the problem with nutria is that they don't stay in low densities. once they become very widespread and in extremely high numbers, they will create major damage onto levees and vegetation.>> the first nutria was found in has caught or kille

outreach to those folks, actual plan to get people into treatment and make sure people have access to narcan. people do overdose, we need to make sure we are getting them into treatment. ensuring that folks are receiving that outreach on the street but also they have places to go for detox and drop in. right now there is just business as usual, and there's a crisis on the streets, and we are not seeing the level of emergency response that is needed. >> one part of your plan is step up enforcement. mayor london bridge said that arrests are being made, but that current sentencing practices don't deter drug sellers. we will take a listen to what she told you and your fellow supervisors. >> sadly what we know is happening right now, the bull are arrested and released and there are no consequences. and if so part of it is i believe in criminal justice reform, i believe in a second chance, but there has to get to a point where there has to be accountability.>> all right, would you like to see harsher penalties for drug dealers?>> well, what is clear is that our city does not have a plan right now.

>>san francisco supervisor matt haney and his staff are now learning how to use narcan to help save thef people who overdose the training comes the day after haney introduced a resolution declaring the public health crisis in last year there were 259 overdose deaths in the city and he's urging department of health officials to come up with a comprehensive plan on how to address the crisis which he says is impacting his district disproportionately he represents the tender line and the south of market neighborhoods. >>well our guys in silence. quiet these alleyways in the tenderloin and it is a scary situation out there in neighborhood and so there's a lot of him down the stock index right, you know this is impact is that people are using drugs but if act acting or >>supervisor haney says the city also needs to address the fentanyl supply that's causing a lot of the overdose deaths. drug use and homelessness by the way will be a big topic at the san francisco district attorney debate that debate will be held right here in our studios and kron four's catherine hainan will moderate it will