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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco’s Democratic Party endorsed Bilal Mahmood for District 5 supervisor on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vote for Mahmood, an elected member of the Democratic County Central Committee, occurred just hours after Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997233/nancy-pelosi-endorses-democratic-socialist-dean-preston-for-san-francisco-d5-supervisor\">announced she was endorsing incumbent Dean Preston\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the district is represented by Preston, Mahmood or Autumn Looijen, another top candidate, might be determined by how voters feel about the Tenderloin, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982329/tenderloins-troubles-take-center-stage-in-city-elections\">San Francisco’s drug epidemic is on full display\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972898/2023-was-san-franciscos-deadliest-year-for-drug-overdoses-new-data-confirms\">deadliest on record\u003c/a> for overdose deaths in San Francisco when the city recorded 810. As of June, there have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/2024%2007_OCME%20Overdose%20Report.pdf\">374 accidental overdose deaths\u003c/a> in 2024, according to data from the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Almost a quarter — 21% — of overdoses have occurred in the Tenderloin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During 2022’s redistricting, the Tenderloin was added to District 5, which now includes Japantown, Western Addition and Haight Ashbury. The overdose data and discontent over street conditions make Preston vulnerable in his reelection bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders have tried to address the drug crisis. In December 2021, Mayor London Breed issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11899726/sf-mayor-breed-declares-state-of-emergency-in-tenderloin\">state of emergency\u003c/a>, and in May 2023, her office launched the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center to streamline efforts by local law enforcement and other city departments to shut down open-air drug dealing in the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.[aside postID=news_11997233 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67599_230802-CableCarAnniversary-13-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Mayoral candidates Daniel Lurie and Mark Farrell have promised to implement similar emergency plans if elected. Both target fentanyl, which accounted for around 80% of overdoses in 2023 and 71% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston, Mahmood and Looijen have also announced proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston has advocated for the city to adopt the “Four Pillars” strategy, an approach to combating addiction developed in Europe in the 1990s. At an April event, Mahmood said he would advocate for drug market intervention, a strategy developed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Looijen announced her “Fenta-NIL” plan in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith Humphreys, who worked as a senior policy adviser in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy during the Obama administration, weighed in on the candidates’ approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dean Preston\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Preston, the only democratic socialist on the Board of Supervisors, has faced criticism over his handling of the fentanyl crisis since his district absorbed much of the Tenderloin. He has butted heads with moderate officials, including Breed, who believe increased policing is necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Mahmood and Looijen have pointed to Preston’s apprehension to support arresting fentanyl dealers, adding that he dismissed the approach as pointless in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/fentanyl-dealers-san-francisco-17801754.php\">according\u003c/a> to \u003cem>The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990539\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990539\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Dean Preston speaks to a local resident at a bus stop at McAllister and Divisadero in San Francisco on June 13 while campaigning for reelection to the Board of Supervisors District 5. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Preston denied the assertion. He said that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.deanprestonsf.com/press-releases/preston-calls-4-pillars\">“Four Pillars” strategy\u003c/a> — prevention, treatment, harm reduction and enforcement — includes policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our approach includes enforcement of laws against fentanyl dealing and targeting and disruption of the fentanyl supply,” Preston told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy promotes collaboration between law enforcement, social service providers and public health officials as equal partners. The goal is to use police enforcement to maintain public order and lower barriers to treatment and harm reduction resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like that idea of recognizing all four pillars as valuable. I don’t think we’ve had enough of that,” said Humphreys, who advises Congress on strategies for reducing drug addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Four Pillars were first implemented in Switzerland and resulted in a 50% decrease in overdose deaths in the country by 2010, \u003ca href=\"https://ssir.org/articles/entry/inside_switzerlands_radical_drug_policy_innovation\">according\u003c/a> to the Stanford Social Innovation Review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another priority for Preston is opening more safe injection and overdose prevention sites, like the defunct Tenderloin Center that was introduced as part of Breed’s 2021 state of emergency. Preston blames Breed for closing the center in December 2022 and increasing the policing of drug users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data released by SFPD, law enforcement officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-breed-proposes-community-led-solution-increase-nighttime-safety-tenderloin-limiting\">arrested\u003c/a> 1,284 drug users and 1,008 drug dealers during the drug market coordination center’s first year of operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve arrested almost 1,000 people for the ‘crime’ basically of being addicted to drugs instead of addressing it as a health crisis or a criminal law enforcement issue,” Preston told KQED. “That doesn’t do anything. Studies show it increases overdose deaths.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the city should open more wellness hubs like the Tenderloin Center. The Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/SFDPH%20Overdose%20Prevention%20Plan%202022_EN.pdf\">Overdose Prevention Plan\u003c/a>, released in 2022, said that at least two should have been established within two years. Despite requests from his office, none have opened, Preston told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humphreys said that overdose prevention sites do offer a safer place for those who use them, but the sites can be expensive, and the city could get better output for its money with a different strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t touch much of the population,” he said of the sites. “The people who use them don’t tend to use them very much, and people who use them also don’t seem to change their behavior much outside the site.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bilal Mahmood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mahmood announced his plan to address the drug crisis alongside District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey at a campaign event in April. Both are supporters of drug market intervention, a strategy that has been implemented in cities across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, said the DMI approach is “long overdue to try in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors District 5 candidate Bilal Mahmood speaks during a press conference about his strategy to end open-air drug markets in San Francisco on April 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t get rid of drugs, but it does get the dealers off the corner, which has all kinds of good benefits,” he said. “Kids can walk to school more safely. The whole neighborhood feels really different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DMI has three components: incapacitation, deterrence and prevention. Mahmood, who California Attorney General Rob Bonta endorsed, said that the first step of DMI is identifying and building cases against drug dealers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dealers are then presented with the evidence against them and offered one chance to quit before drug markets are shut down, according to Humphreys. Anyone who is arrested for dealing drugs after the initial crackdown faces prosecution and potentially jail time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can get people to leave [drug dealing] on their own, save a lot of money, a lot of time and a lot of lives,” Mahmood said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Identifying dealers, building cases, and eventually, keeping markets closed requires collaboration between local law enforcement, prosecutors and community members. This can make DMI challenging since law enforcement and the communities they police often distrust each other, Humphreys said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes there has to be some atonement,” he told KQED. “It often has to begin with police saying, ‘We’re sorry that what we’ve been doing hasn’t been working, about many bad incidents that have happened over the years, but we want to have a good relationship and work with you.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood also supports the drug-free housing legislation proposed at the city level by Dorsey and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. The legislation would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990693/san-francisco-lawmakers-want-sober-housing-to-be-part-of-homelessness-plan\">require the city to create more drug-free recovery housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Autumn Looijen\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>She gained notoriety after co-leading the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897089/its-going-to-make-it-worse-parents-wary-of-sf-school-board-recall\">recall of three San Francisco school board members\u003c/a> in 2022. She also launched SF Guardians, a political action committee with an associated program that trains candidates running for office. She said that DMI would be a part of her “Fenta-NIL” plan, which calls for cutting drug supply and demand, cleaning streets and adding beat cops to the Tenderloin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone choosing to deal drugs to our people after that day would be immediately arrested and sent to federal court,” Looijen told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988904\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-1920x1304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn Looijen poses for a portrait at Alamo Square Park on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Looijen is running against Dean Preston for the District 5 Board of Supervisor seat in November. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Humphreys said that most drug dealers’ cases will likely be handled at the city and state levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Federal resources in this area are limited and have to be carefully prioritized,” he said. “Although it is often possible to charge low-level drug dealers under federal law, most federal prosecutors would prefer to devote their limited resources to big fish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looijen’s plan also calls for more drug-assisted treatment beds and clearing neighborhood blocks of drug use. She also supports Dorsey and Mandelman’s proposal.[aside postID=news_11982329 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-003-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg']Humphreys said that having streets free of drug sales and use would be a good indicator of whether the city’s efforts to suppress drug markets were successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looijen told KQED that she would also advocate for increased penalties for dealing drugs in the proximity of treatment centers and sober living housing. The penalties would be similar to a policy introduced in 2022 by District Attorney Brooke Jenkins that considers enhancements for drug dealing within 1,000 feet of schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is the only candidate who has said she would support compelled treatment as a last resort when drug use is affecting the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything has to be on the table,” she said. “I don’t like the idea of having to arrest drug users, but I think it does need to be in our pocket as a last resort to get them into treatment. I realize that forced treatment has a much lower success rate, but that rate is not zero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humphreys said that coerced treatment has mixed results at best. While some people do respond to compelled treatment, it’s generally not a pathway for sustained recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some research has found that coerced treatment can actually increase overdose risk after the treatment course has ended. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5938130/\">Research published\u003c/a> in the Society for the Study of Addiction in 2019 found that involuntary treatment was associated with an increased risk of non-fatal overdoses for those who inject drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a strategy of last resort after we’ve implemented extensive low barrier and culturally appropriate voluntary treatment,” Humphreys said. “I think the city has done a decent job, but in the treatment system, there’s still a long way to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mayoral candidates Daniel Lurie and Mark Farrell have promised to implement similar emergency plans if elected. Both target fentanyl, which accounted for around 80% of overdoses in 2023 and 71% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston, Mahmood and Looijen have also announced proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston has advocated for the city to adopt the “Four Pillars” strategy, an approach to combating addiction developed in Europe in the 1990s. At an April event, Mahmood said he would advocate for drug market intervention, a strategy developed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Looijen announced her “Fenta-NIL” plan in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith Humphreys, who worked as a senior policy adviser in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy during the Obama administration, weighed in on the candidates’ approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dean Preston\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Preston, the only democratic socialist on the Board of Supervisors, has faced criticism over his handling of the fentanyl crisis since his district absorbed much of the Tenderloin. He has butted heads with moderate officials, including Breed, who believe increased policing is necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Mahmood and Looijen have pointed to Preston’s apprehension to support arresting fentanyl dealers, adding that he dismissed the approach as pointless in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/fentanyl-dealers-san-francisco-17801754.php\">according\u003c/a> to \u003cem>The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990539\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990539\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-DeanPreston-38-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Dean Preston speaks to a local resident at a bus stop at McAllister and Divisadero in San Francisco on June 13 while campaigning for reelection to the Board of Supervisors District 5. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Preston denied the assertion. He said that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.deanprestonsf.com/press-releases/preston-calls-4-pillars\">“Four Pillars” strategy\u003c/a> — prevention, treatment, harm reduction and enforcement — includes policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our approach includes enforcement of laws against fentanyl dealing and targeting and disruption of the fentanyl supply,” Preston told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy promotes collaboration between law enforcement, social service providers and public health officials as equal partners. The goal is to use police enforcement to maintain public order and lower barriers to treatment and harm reduction resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like that idea of recognizing all four pillars as valuable. I don’t think we’ve had enough of that,” said Humphreys, who advises Congress on strategies for reducing drug addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Four Pillars were first implemented in Switzerland and resulted in a 50% decrease in overdose deaths in the country by 2010, \u003ca href=\"https://ssir.org/articles/entry/inside_switzerlands_radical_drug_policy_innovation\">according\u003c/a> to the Stanford Social Innovation Review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another priority for Preston is opening more safe injection and overdose prevention sites, like the defunct Tenderloin Center that was introduced as part of Breed’s 2021 state of emergency. Preston blames Breed for closing the center in December 2022 and increasing the policing of drug users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data released by SFPD, law enforcement officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-breed-proposes-community-led-solution-increase-nighttime-safety-tenderloin-limiting\">arrested\u003c/a> 1,284 drug users and 1,008 drug dealers during the drug market coordination center’s first year of operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve arrested almost 1,000 people for the ‘crime’ basically of being addicted to drugs instead of addressing it as a health crisis or a criminal law enforcement issue,” Preston told KQED. “That doesn’t do anything. Studies show it increases overdose deaths.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the city should open more wellness hubs like the Tenderloin Center. The Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/SFDPH%20Overdose%20Prevention%20Plan%202022_EN.pdf\">Overdose Prevention Plan\u003c/a>, released in 2022, said that at least two should have been established within two years. Despite requests from his office, none have opened, Preston told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humphreys said that overdose prevention sites do offer a safer place for those who use them, but the sites can be expensive, and the city could get better output for its money with a different strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t touch much of the population,” he said of the sites. “The people who use them don’t tend to use them very much, and people who use them also don’t seem to change their behavior much outside the site.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bilal Mahmood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mahmood announced his plan to address the drug crisis alongside District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey at a campaign event in April. Both are supporters of drug market intervention, a strategy that has been implemented in cities across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, said the DMI approach is “long overdue to try in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors District 5 candidate Bilal Mahmood speaks during a press conference about his strategy to end open-air drug markets in San Francisco on April 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t get rid of drugs, but it does get the dealers off the corner, which has all kinds of good benefits,” he said. “Kids can walk to school more safely. The whole neighborhood feels really different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DMI has three components: incapacitation, deterrence and prevention. Mahmood, who California Attorney General Rob Bonta endorsed, said that the first step of DMI is identifying and building cases against drug dealers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dealers are then presented with the evidence against them and offered one chance to quit before drug markets are shut down, according to Humphreys. Anyone who is arrested for dealing drugs after the initial crackdown faces prosecution and potentially jail time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can get people to leave [drug dealing] on their own, save a lot of money, a lot of time and a lot of lives,” Mahmood said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Identifying dealers, building cases, and eventually, keeping markets closed requires collaboration between local law enforcement, prosecutors and community members. This can make DMI challenging since law enforcement and the communities they police often distrust each other, Humphreys said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes there has to be some atonement,” he told KQED. “It often has to begin with police saying, ‘We’re sorry that what we’ve been doing hasn’t been working, about many bad incidents that have happened over the years, but we want to have a good relationship and work with you.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood also supports the drug-free housing legislation proposed at the city level by Dorsey and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. The legislation would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990693/san-francisco-lawmakers-want-sober-housing-to-be-part-of-homelessness-plan\">require the city to create more drug-free recovery housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Autumn Looijen\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>She gained notoriety after co-leading the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897089/its-going-to-make-it-worse-parents-wary-of-sf-school-board-recall\">recall of three San Francisco school board members\u003c/a> in 2022. She also launched SF Guardians, a political action committee with an associated program that trains candidates running for office. She said that DMI would be a part of her “Fenta-NIL” plan, which calls for cutting drug supply and demand, cleaning streets and adding beat cops to the Tenderloin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone choosing to deal drugs to our people after that day would be immediately arrested and sent to federal court,” Looijen told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988904\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240601_BOSPORTRAIT-6-KQED-1920x1304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn Looijen poses for a portrait at Alamo Square Park on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Looijen is running against Dean Preston for the District 5 Board of Supervisor seat in November. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Humphreys said that most drug dealers’ cases will likely be handled at the city and state levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Federal resources in this area are limited and have to be carefully prioritized,” he said. “Although it is often possible to charge low-level drug dealers under federal law, most federal prosecutors would prefer to devote their limited resources to big fish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looijen’s plan also calls for more drug-assisted treatment beds and clearing neighborhood blocks of drug use. She also supports Dorsey and Mandelman’s proposal.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Humphreys said that having streets free of drug sales and use would be a good indicator of whether the city’s efforts to suppress drug markets were successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looijen told KQED that she would also advocate for increased penalties for dealing drugs in the proximity of treatment centers and sober living housing. The penalties would be similar to a policy introduced in 2022 by District Attorney Brooke Jenkins that considers enhancements for drug dealing within 1,000 feet of schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is the only candidate who has said she would support compelled treatment as a last resort when drug use is affecting the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything has to be on the table,” she said. “I don’t like the idea of having to arrest drug users, but I think it does need to be in our pocket as a last resort to get them into treatment. I realize that forced treatment has a much lower success rate, but that rate is not zero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humphreys said that coerced treatment has mixed results at best. While some people do respond to compelled treatment, it’s generally not a pathway for sustained recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some research has found that coerced treatment can actually increase overdose risk after the treatment course has ended. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5938130/\">Research published\u003c/a> in the Society for the Study of Addiction in 2019 found that involuntary treatment was associated with an increased risk of non-fatal overdoses for those who inject drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a strategy of last resort after we’ve implemented extensive low barrier and culturally appropriate voluntary treatment,” Humphreys said. “I think the city has done a decent job, but in the treatment system, there’s still a long way to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ci>Update: On Sunday (Aug. 4), France beat the U.S. to earn the bronze medal in the men’s team foil. Stanford alum Alexander Massialas of San Francisco competed in that event. Massialas was also previously defeated in the round of 16 in the individual men’s foil.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C8sWmlLJkDj/?img_index=1\">Alexander Massialas\u003c/a>, a three-time Olympic fencer from San Francisco competing in Paris this summer, is used to intense training. He has experienced nearly every possible scenario on the fencing strip. But in 2021, on his way to the Summer Games in Tokyo, he hit a snag — the dread of any top athlete who has worked for years to reach this competitive summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On the flight over to Tokyo, we were required to take a COVID test before getting on the plane, as well as taking one after we arrived,” he recalled. “I tested negative both times, but unfortunately, someone sitting near me on the airplane, another athlete, tested negative on the first test but positive once we arrived in Tokyo. And because of that, the Japanese government kind of sealed me away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Massialas, quarantined for two weeks, was unable to train with anyone. He said later on, he was eventually allowed to access the gym facilities at night when everyone else had left the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His coach and dad, Greg Massialas, said the situation affected his son’s performance. Alexander went on to earn a bronze medal in the team competition (in addition to silver and bronze medals in the individual and team competitions during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11040427/how-the-bay-area-turned-into-an-olympic-fencing-powerhouse\">READ MORE:\u003c/a> How the Bay Area Turned Into An Olympic Fencing Powerhouse\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re dealing with a very stressful situation, you end up not really being at your best,” Greg said. “He ended up, for example, in the individual event, losing to a fencer who was somebody that was on the tail end of his career and somebody that Alexander usually beat quite regularly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander and Greg have both been on the Olympic circuit for a while. His dad competed in two Olympics, and his daughter and Alexander’s younger sister, Sabrina, is also a competitive fencer. Alexander, who’s recently been named head coach of the Stanford fencing program, his alma mater, first competed in the 2012 London Olympics at 18 years old — the youngest male athlete for Team USA at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Two men wearing fencing helmets, gloves and gear while holding foils spar inside a building with banners, flags, foils and helmets hanging on the walls. \" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Massialas (right), the reigning individual silver medalist from the 2016 Olympic Games, practices with his father, Greg Massialas, at the Massialas Foundation fencing studio in San Francisco on July 14, 2021. Alexander Massialas, a right-handed foil fencer, will be heading to his third Olympic games in Tokyo this year along with Greg Massialas, who will serve as the men’s foil team coach. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander, 30, wants to go for the gold in Paris — the opening ceremony kicks off Friday and the fencing matches begin Saturday. He talked about competition and his motivation with KQED’s Brian Watt. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRIAN WATT: After all these years, the honors you’ve won on the fencing strip — the Olympics, the World Championship, World Cup, Grand Prix — do you think that you are still getting better at fencing?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ALEXANDER MASSIALAS: I do think that I’m getting better at fencing. The athleticism changes as you get older, but I’m still at pretty peak athletic ability. But what really has changed over the last several years is my mentality and my experience, and how I approach bouts mentally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, I was ranked No. 1 in the world after hitting a little bit of a slump. But the fact that I’ve been able to be No. 1 in the world as a 22-year-old, 23-year-old, as well as a 29-year-old shows that I’m still at the height of an extremely high caliber when we’re talking about my abilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This season, I won the first two World Cups of the international fencing season. So I know I can compete on any given day. That experience of just being on the circuit for so long and understanding the ins and outs of the game, whether it’s new or old opponents, I operate from a standpoint of being one of the most experienced fencers on the circuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I like to point out, as someone who has done a little fencing myself, that fencing is kind of a tedious sport to practice, even if it’s a noble sport to compete in. How do you stay motivated at this point? Is it all about the elusive gold medal?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is more about just me loving the sport, and the love doesn’t just apply to competition. It means loving all the tedious aspects, too. You [have to] love the preparation. And, I think the day I lose love for it is going to be the day you see me either hang them up or start to see some worse results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is there anything outside of the competition that you’re looking forward to in Paris?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absolutely. Just being in Paris in the summer is just going to be fantastic. But I think the biggest things I’m excited to do are everything I wasn’t able to do in Tokyo because of my quarantine: experiencing a real Olympic Games and meeting new athletes. Some of my really good friends have come from meeting at the Olympic Games under different circumstances, whether it was in London or Rio. And getting to meet new Olympians, like, hopefully, Steph Curry. I’m a big basketball fan. I played basketball growing up in San Francisco. So, being able to meet a childhood hero would be incredible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So is that your moment?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. basketball team has always been very good about coming into the [Olympic] Village and interacting with the athletes, especially the American athletes. They signed on to do this because they’re interested in the Olympic experience, as well. So, you know, in the past, I’ve had great experiences with some of the previous Olympians, whether it’s Draymond [Green], Carmelo [Anthony], or whoever it might be. So maybe I’ll see [Curry] in the Village. Time will tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fencing matches begin on Saturday. You can find a schedule \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/fencing?day=27-july\">here\u003c/a>. You can learn more about the Bay Area athletes heading to the Paris Olympics \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993783/paris-2024-olympic-games-san-francisco-bay-area-athletes-competing\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As San Francisco’s top Democratic organizers weigh their endorsement in what could be a pivotal mayoral election, a series of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986169/the-rising-s-f-political-star-accused-of-rape-and-abuse\">high-profile sexual misconduct accusations\u003c/a> by and against party members could force candidates to reckon with mounting internal turmoil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local Democratic Party’s primary political organizing body is inching closer to rolling out a \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mH81MuMPgEbGE9tQa2aElBv_U_mp2QWYrPrttMwsqj0/edit\">set of policies\u003c/a> to address sexual harassment, but some advocates for survivors of sexual misconduct told KQED the process has fallen short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Conversations of addressing sexual violence in politics is not a new thing. And it does affect the mayoral race, especially if people want to champion change,” said Alondra Esquivel Garcia, president of the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee, a nonpartisan group advocating for women in local politics. “It’s so hard to do that when things are so embedded in the infrastructure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A special panel of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee plans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdemocrats.org/meetings/2024/july-24-2024-sf-democratic-party\">present a status report on Wednesday night\u003c/a> on its work to create the group’s first code of conduct around reporting, investigating and handling allegations of sexual misconduct within chartered political clubs. At the same meeting, the DCCC is set to vote for and announce its endorsement for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The special committee on sexual misconduct was formed in April after multiple women came forward with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985525/failures-of-sf-office-on-sexual-assault-complaints-draw-scrutiny\">allegations against local Democratic club leaders\u003c/a>, including Jon Jacobo and later Kevin Ortiz, two political organizers in the Mission District. Both have denied the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, accusations that Jay Cheng, who leads the powerful moderate political group Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, attempted to assault a former girlfriend in college resurfaced on social media, drawing renewed attention and reporting on the 2011 incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheng, who went by Jesse then, resigned from his post as a student regent at the University of California following the accusations. Irvine police and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office did not bring charges against Cheng, and he denies the allegations.[aside postID=news_11987959 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-1020x676.jpg']“I have always believed that when these types of accusations are made, that they should be taken seriously and fully investigated. I took the incident very seriously, including never revealing the identity of my accuser because she wanted to stay anonymous, and I have respected her wishes,” Cheng wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24946487-email-from-jay-cheng-to-nancy-tung\">letter to DCCC Chair Nancy Tung\u003c/a> in April, where he expressed his support for the special committee on sexual misconduct in the political community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the allegations and Democratic leaders’ response to them come under increased scrutiny, the DCCC’s special committee aims “to change the culture of harassment and abuse,” said Lily Ho, who chairs the special panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a tall order,” Ho said. “How that happens is to empower survivors to speak up and change an environment and space so everyone feels welcomed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In practice, that change is hard to make. Multiple survivors and advocates told KQED they had concerns with the group’s approach so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some Democratic club leaders are looking at ‘innocent until proven guilty’ rhetoric, which often is not seen as survivor-centered,” said Esquivel Garcia, whose group closely follows the committee’s work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic leaders acknowledged the challenge they face but said survivors and outside experts have informed the process, and it is still a work in progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize this is new territory for all of us,” Ho said. “There isn’t any document or best practices that we can carbon copy; that just doesn’t exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Candidates commit to improving sexual harassment protocol\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the process is underway, mayoral candidates vying for the Democratic endorsement were asked how they would support survivors of sexual assault. Tung didn’t comment specifically on how their responses may weigh into the decision-making process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The candidates will rise and fall on their own merits,” Tung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates hope the candidates’ proposals to be more responsive to survivors will be an important factor in the DCCC’s endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew that sexual violence in politics is not good and not the culture we want future leaders to be brought into,” Esquivel Garcia said. “And endorsements are a big thing. If someone endorses you, they truly believe in every mission and goal you’re putting forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incumbent Mayor London Breed pointed to her administration’s work, which included creating a right to counsel for domestic violence survivors. She wrote: “Sexual harassment and assault is unacceptable in all forms. Survivors who come forward to report sexual assault or harassment must be treated with respect and have their cases investigated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990166\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate with candidates Ahsha Safaí, Daniel Lurie, Mayor London Breed and Aaron Peskin at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on June 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Farrell wrote that he has always “stood with survivors and worked to make sure that our service providers and law enforcement agencies have the resources they need to support those who come forward, investigate cases fully, and pursue justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As Mayor,” he wrote, “public safety will be my top priority, and that includes supporting survivors in every way I can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another candidate, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, said he would work to preserve the Commission on the Status of Women, which a ballot measure proposed by the moderate group TogetherSF Action could slash in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992466/san-francisco-sees-competing-proposals-to-reform-byzantine-city-commissions\">overhaul of the city’s commission system\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have put a [competing] ballot measure on the November ballot to ensure the Commission is not removed in a backroom deal with shady politics to blame,” Peskin wrote. “We need to elevate survivors’ voices and double down on our commitment to supporting survivors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mayoral hopefuls grapple with sexual misconduct affiliations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Personal relationships are hard to navigate in political spaces as well. People have personal relationships with Jay Cheng, and people who are great friends with Kevin Ortiz or Jon Jacobo want to contribute to this process,” Esquivel Garcia said. “It’s hard to navigate those relationships when people have hurt other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some mayoral campaigns are also contending with ties to a strategist and former aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was convicted of abuse. Nathan Ballard, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885782/this-is-who-he-is-mara-reinhardt-reveals-extent-of-alleged-family-abuse-by-prominent-sf-politico-nate-ballard\">accused of beating his wife and child\u003c/a> on a trip to Napa in 2020, took a no-contest plea deal that allowed him to avoid jail.[aside postID=news_11996731 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240722-SFKamalaHarrisRally-19-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']In early 2021, Farrell was among 45 people who \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21048384-nathan-ballard-mitigation-letters-march-1-redacted?responsive=1&title=1\">filed a mitigation letter\u003c/a> to the court in support of Ballard’s character. Farrell declined to comment on the letter of support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He isn’t the only mayoral candidate with affiliations with Ballard, who previously worked with the police union and Newsom during his time as San Francisco mayor and as a spokesperson for initiatives that philanthropist and Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie led before his bid for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier was initially on the DCCC’s new committee on sexual misconduct but \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/04/30/san-francisco-democrat-sexual-assault-michela-alioto-pier/\">stepped down\u003c/a> after posts on social media resurfaced showing she, too, defended Ballard. Breed’s spokesperson, Joe Arellano, also wrote in support of Ballard after the Napa incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nate served as a mentor, friend, and office mate to me for 14 years before his personal issues. 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Survivors could appeal an outcome, and consequences for the accused would depend on what the survivor pursues, including private or public admonishment or prohibition from attending Democratic club events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft policy also suggests that beginning in January 2025, candidates seeking endorsement must complete and pass sexual harassment training. Club leaders would also have mandatory training on handling complaints, investigations and corrective steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esquivel Garcia acknowledged that the process is difficult but necessary for any change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each survivor is different, and I don’t think you can make everyone happy,” Esquivel Garcia said. “But the candidates need to truly take this advocacy into consideration when they are proposing policies or talking about their goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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In an ongoing 2021 civil fraud case against Fuentes, court documents allege that Bardillo was banned by the California attorney general in 2017 from ever operating a towing business in the state, that he then transferred ownership of the business to Fuentes and continued to run it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office in October charged Fuentes with 12 felonies and Badillo with six felonies related to an alleged welfare fraud scheme.[aside postID=news_11996234 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1020x765.jpg']The couple are alleged to have defrauded multiple benefits programs. In one instance described in court documents, Fuentes, working for the city’s Human Services Agency as a senior eligibility worker, approved Badillo’s application for benefits without disclosing their relationship. 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