San Francisco Implements Drug-Screening for Welfare Recipients
Jose Nino
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Voters in San Francisco passed several law-and-order ballot measures on March 7, 2024 that moved the city in a more law and order direction on issues dealing with public drug use, homelessness, and property crime.
Proposition F would mandate drug screening for recipients of welfare, whereas Proposition E would broaden police surveillance tools, and allow the police to operate without having to fear being subjected to arbitrary lawsuits against or unwanted harassment from the public.
Per a recent poll carried out by San Francisco’s Chamber of Commerce, 61% of likely voters are in favor of the two ballot measures and 72% believe San Francisco is going down the wrong track. The business group is in favor of Proposition E and didn’t take a stance on F.
There’s been an overwhelming trend on the West Coast of Democratic elected officials attempting to contain an uptick of public drug use and overdoses by rolling back permissive drug policies. In Oregon, elected officials are working to reverse the decriminalization of hard drugs that voters approved back in 2020. In Seattle, the City Council passed a law to crack down on public drug use.
In 2023, San Francisco suffered a record 806 overdose deaths last year, largely caused by fentanyl. Business owners have grown exasperated with property crimes such as shoplifting and break-ins that have been sweeping across the city.
Overall, there are growing segments of the population that are getting tired of the squalor brought about by progressive policies.
Let’s hope these people offer genuine resistance to the ruling class’s diabolical social projects.
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