The California primary election is on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, and San Francisco voters will weigh in on Prop F on the ballot. Under the measure, those identified as using illicit drugs and who receive public benefits from the County Adult Assistance Program (CAAP) will be required to go through screening and enter treatment or lose their benefits.
As a state-licensed substance use disorder treatment provider, San Francisco AIDS Foundation knows well what it takes to bring people into treatment and to help them achieve their health goals, including recovery. Unfortunately, Prop F takes exactly the wrong approach, which has failed over and over again. This proposition will harm some of our most vulnerable program participants and does nothing to increase the supply of treatment services in San Francisco. Prop F is a flawed measure that will cut vital assistance to the most vulnerable and increase homelessness in San Francisco.
“San Franciscans rightfully want a city in which every inhabitant has secure housing and accessible health care, including substance use treatment,” said Laura Thomas, Senior Director, HIV and Harm Reduction Policy. “Prop F falls far short in achieving this. It is a seriously flawed proposal that will not get more people into treatment, but will only leave many more vulnerable people homeless.”