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Last week, a report from the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> drew attention to the Tenderloin’s Glide Foundation and other city-funded nonprofits for supplying people with foil, pipes and other materials used for smoking drugs such as fentanyl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who visit Glide can request these materials during its Syringe Access and Health Hub hours and at its mobile clinics, according to Glide’s senior director of health access services, Mike Discepola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once people are there, Glide CEO Gina Fromer said, they have access to recovery services, including a peer-led 12-step program, referrals to detox and inpatient treatment beds, medically assisted treatment options like methadone, and educational materials. In October, the nonprofit plans to open a mental health services clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe you yesterday said, ‘I’m going to start recovery,’ and you didn’t because addiction is strong, addiction is a disease, it takes a lot to get to a place where you’re ready to get on that recovery spectrum,” Fromer said. “But we want to make sure when you’re ready, you have what you need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told KQED that Glide’s decision to offer foil and other supplies “is really about saving lives and preventing disease, but also creating opportunities for recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Amer Raheemullah, the director of the Inpatient Addiction Medicine Service at Stanford Hospital, said such harm-reduction strategies not only make drug users safer but also can urge them to turn to treatment options when made available at the same location as other recovery services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240617-SyringeExchange-35-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240617-SyringeExchange-35-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240617-SyringeExchange-35-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240617-SyringeExchange-35-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240617-SyringeExchange-35-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240617-SyringeExchange-35-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240617-SyringeExchange-35-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contents of a harm reduction kit on June 17, 2024. 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They refused, and they drove off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That marked the beginning of a yearslong legal battle with Badillo and Fuentes, who have operated three tow companies: Auto Towing, Jose’s Towing and Specialty Towing and Recovery. Earlier this week, the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office announced it had prevailed in a proceeding to block the predatory tow truck companies from doing business with the city for five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process, called debarment, began last year after one of the companies bid for a city contract. While researching the company, the city found that it had been illegally towing cars and scamming people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research Hallaq did in his quest to recover damages from the illegal tow was shared with the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. It eventually led to Badillo and Fuentes being charged with a combined 18 felonies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Auto Towing was using predatory business practices, such as making it difficult for people to find and retrieve their cars, causing them to rack up daily storage fees. The company pressured people to pay in cash, according to a statement from the city attorney’s office. The predatory towing and scamming appears to go back years, possibly to 2016 when Badillo opened Jose’s Towing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Badillo also operates Specialty Towing and Removal, which, in April, was caught in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqvDedeuCl0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video that went viral\u003c/a> attempting to tow a car in the middle of traffic while the driver tried to maneuver away.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqvDedeuCl0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Hallaq, who works as a linguist and translator, first called Auto Towing to retrieve his car, they sent him to the wrong location. Then, he was told he couldn’t get his car back because it was the weekend. After several hours of phone calls, he got to his car. He said an employee tried to pressure him to pay the $504 fee in cash, but he refused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got his car back and went home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started researching the laws that have to do with towing, and I realized that there are violations all over the place,” Hallaq said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 23, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said Auto Towing had been “intentionally misleading and scamming people out of hundreds of dollars by illegally towing cars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hallaq said he noticed negative reviews on Yelp where people described similar experiences with the company. He called and asked for some of his money back. He said Auto Towing rightfully could have charged him for the hook-up fee, but he shouldn’t have had to pay the charges for towing and storage. He offered to split the cost, requesting a refund of $252. But the employee he spoke to declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hallaq kept calling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I asked to speak to the owner or manager and they would not let me speak to him,” he said. “They kept brushing me off, hoping that I would just go away like so many other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He didn’t. When his calls stopped being answered, he used *67 to block the caller ID. Then, he started using his friends’ phones and downloaded apps that allowed him to call from different numbers.[aside postID=news_11996890 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-1020x668.jpg']After two weeks of calling, Hallaq said he was invited to a meeting. When he arrived, Hallaq said the employee asked to see the receipt he had from retrieving his car. He claims the employee wouldn’t give it back. Hallaq called the police, who arrived and got the receipt back to him. Hallaq said he was told not to come back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had another option to try to recover some of the $504 — small claims court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No attorney would take a case like this,” Hallaq said. He filed the claim himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t just about the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are a menace to society,” Hallaq said. “I like to stand my ground. But I also believe that I’m doing a community service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hallaq was born in Jordan and moved to the U.S. 35 years ago. He came to California to take over an immigration consulting business for a family member who was moving back to the Middle East.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spent some time to learn the ins and outs, and I took over the business for three years,” he said. “Even though I’m not an attorney, I consider that I have a little bit of legal background.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He investigated the couple and their businesses using publicly available records. He found that Badillo had his towing license revoked by the state in 2017 and that he transferred ownership of the business to Fuentes. The business changed its name from Jose’s Towing to Auto Towing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The small claims case ended in a judgment of $4,016 for Hallaq. But when he tried to collect the money, Fuentes filed a request to make monthly $75 payments instead of a lump sum, saying she was unemployed and on public assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t add up for Hallaq, so he contacted the consumer protection department in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. A spokesperson for the district attorney did not respond to questions inquiring about Hallaq’s involvement in the investigation into Badillo and Fuentes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October, three years after Hallaq contacted the district attorney, the office charged Fuentes with 12 felonies and Badillo with six for an alleged welfare fraud scheme. The charges include misappropriation of public funds, grand theft and perjury under oath. In February, they pleaded not guilty to all charges, and their next court date is in September, according to Randolph Quezada, a spokesperson for the district attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s investigation revealed that Fuentes and Badillo were receiving public assistance while “jointly operating three tow businesses in San Francisco, generating over $2 million in gross annual income” since 2018, according to an affidavit signed by Franklin Lowe, a special investigator in the Human Services Agency.[aside postID=news_11996211 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFPoliceChief2024-1020x701.jpg']They allegedly bought two commercial buildings, two residential properties, boats and several cars, including a $290,000 Lamborghini, according to the affidavit. 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After receiving two of the court-ordered monthly payments from Fuentes, the payments stopped. In 2021, he sued Fuentes and Badillo for fraud. He is seeking $20,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really spend so much time, if you look at the paperwork — it’s hundreds of pages, and that takes time,” Hallaq said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuentes and Badillo hired Xochitl Carrion, a former San Francisco assistant district attorney, to represent them in the fraud case. In a text message, Carrion, who no longer represents the couple, wrote that she could not comment, citing attorney-client privilege. As of July 26, no attorneys were registered with the San Francisco Superior Court on the case. Hallaq is still representing himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next hearing is scheduled for Aug. 7. Hallaq hopes they’ll pay him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m willing to go another 20 years,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>At around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Mayor London Breed secured the sole endorsement from the San Francisco Democratic Party in the mayoral race, a significant boost for the incumbent in a fiery election year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday night’s meeting marked the first set of major endorsements for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996787/reckoning-on-sexual-assault-roils-sf-democrats-as-mayoral-endorsement-looms\">Democratic County Central Committee\u003c/a>, also known as the DCCC, since members voted in a majority moderate leadership panel for the local Democratic Party’s governing body, flipping the previously progressive-led slate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As someone who has registered voters, traveled to battleground states, and done the hard work to build our party up locally over the years, I know the value of this endorsement and what it means,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LondonBreed/status/1816341471337038268\">Breed posted on social media platform X\u003c/a> after the vote. “With our democratic values under attack all over the country and with so much at stake in this election, I’m proud to stand with and be supported by our local Democratic Party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DCCC is a political heavyweight, overseeing all the city’s chartered Democratic clubs. Along with endorsements, the group sends out mailers, registers and turns out voters, and is a major source of political fundraising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic Party endorsed Breed for mayor when she successfully ran in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powerful groups, including the pro-development \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992943/sf-mayor-london-breed-wins-key-yimby-endorsement-after-string-of-misses\">SF Yimby Action\u003c/a>, the caregivers’ union SEIU Local 2015, as well as elected leaders such as Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) and Attorney General Rob Bonta, have all endorsed Breed.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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>\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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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. 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