NEW: Posters calling out judges who dropped charges against people accused of selling fentanyl have popped up on Mission near 22nd. They're getting strong pushback from San Francisco legal professionals.

“This is just wildly inappropriate. You could cause violence against judges.”
- @KirkCJenkins of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

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https://www.sfpublicpress.org/anonymous-posters-singling-out-judges-for-leniency-in-drug-cases/

Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2

While San Francisco is on track to break records for the highest number of fatal overdoses in 1 year, health experts say the city is failing when it comes to one surefire way to save lives: housing.

SF’s history has made housing a huge challenge. We take a historical look at the city’s homelessness crisis, how it worsens addiction & drug-related fatalities, and how SF is responding.

We hear from San Francisco leadership, health experts, housing advocates, current and former drug users, and Tenderloin business owners, service providers and residents.

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https://www.sfpublicpress.org/sf-failing-on-housing-as-overdose-solution-health-expert-says/

NEW: Some of the most visible signs of the city’s failure to address extreme poverty and addiction persist in UN Plaza, the Civic Center and the Tenderloin neighborhoods. With major events coming to San Francisco, the city is working to reduce visible homelessness and drug use in these areas before guests start to arrive.

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https://www.sfpublicpress.org/sf-uses-events-construction-projects-to-clear-streets-ahead-of-pacific-rim-economic-summit-other-gatherings/

NEW: This week, the San Francisco medical examiner's office released updated stats on overdose deaths: 54 in June, 71 in July and 473 this year. Meanwhile SF leaders tussle over where to direct funds to address the problem.

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/city-leaders-at-odds-as-overdose-deaths-trending-toward-record-high/
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NEW: The right to a speedy trial is guaranteed in both the US Constitution and the California Constitution. But San Francisco has more than 1,100 cases past statutory time limits, and 115 people are sitting in jail without a conviction.

The San Francisco Public Defender's Office has been protesting the backlog.

"A government agency like the court serves the people, that is their job, they’re public servants. And so, they have a duty to make sure that the courts are fully staffed and they’re not doing it." -Deputy Public Defender Sujung Kim.

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A high pressure system is bringing warmer air over the Bay Area. While temperatures in San Francisco are expected to stay in the 70s today, it could be the start of a new pattern of much hotter air. In a previous "Civic" episode, we learned that even a slight change in where the high pressure system sets up could bring deadly heat to the city and the coast.

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/cool-sf-could-get-walloped-by-next-heat-wave-but-city-says-its-ready/
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NEW: Dr. Robin Cooper, president of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance and a professor at UCSF's Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, says we need to consider the mental health of older adults when responding to climate disasters.

In this Q&A, she talks about the losses from wildfires.

"So, when you lose your home, and you don’t have a lot of economic resources for rebuilding, you really have secondary emotional impacts."

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https://www.sfpublicpress.org/climate-change-can-harm-mental-health-of-older-adults/

NEW: @madisonalvarad0 takes readers behind the scenes of her reporting on reparations in San Francisco and shares many of the resources she's gathered including documentaries, podcasts and a reading list.

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https://www.sfpublicpress.org/reporters-notebook-reparations-resources/

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