Why do we keep making sweeps the centerpiece of our City’s strategy to address homelessness and behavioral health, even when that strategy has proven year after year not to work? Simple: it benefits careerist politicians, whether it works or not.
Preston argues that instead of ushering in a new era of solutions, the mayor has recycled tired strategies that prioritize political optics over proven public health responses. Lurie’s early tenure was marked by the rollout of a “Fentanyl State of Emergency” ordinance and a “Breaking the Cycle” initiative—both of which Preston likened to similar announcements under former Mayor London Breed.
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