Supervised consumption bill AB 362 stalls; Critical need for overdose prevention services continues

California Assembly Bill (AB) 362, which would have allowed San Francisco and Oakland to authorize pilot overdose prevention programs, will not move forward this legislative session.

We are seeing with our own eyes the COVID-19 and HIV disparities that affect Latinx communities, so we must be creative with our services, said Jorge Zepeda from Latino Programs.

With Senator Kamala Harris announced as the Democratic party's vice-presidential candidate, this is a moment when Black people can shape conversations so that she is not limited to the racist perceptions of the media.

Let’s call this what this is: discrimination against the LGBTQ community that only promotes shame and stigma.

More than 20 of our staff members have stepped up to support case investigation, contact tracing, and isolation and quarantine support.

Our Syringe Access Services team is ensuring that about 2,000 San Franciscans housed in hotel rooms during COVID-19 have easy access to harm reduction and overdose prevention supplies.

Below is a letter sent by the Federal AIDS Policy Partnership to Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Offer your support, set boundaries, educate yourself about the realities of meth use, and avoid demanding that they stop using, said Jeremy Prillwitz, MA, LAADC, a counselor with The Stonewall Project.