"Just one year after the Palisades and Eden fires (in Southern California) - when elected officials and the city manager stood in our fire stations and thanked firefighters for holding the line - this same administration has chosen to eliminate a critical, lifesaving resource that firefighters have repeatedly said we need,"
""The city manager has taken necessary steps to address anticipated revenue shortfalls in FY 2025-2026, including recommending the suspension of the Med 30 program," spokesperson Carolina Miranda told San José Spotlight."
Med 30, a firefighter drug oversight program, was deactivated on Dec. 21 the same month it was slated for reinstatement. The decision by City Manager Jennifer Maguire and Fire Chief Robert Sapien reversed a June City Council vote to restore Med 30 for seven months beginning in December. Officials had revived the program after revelations that firefighters had been stealing and tampering with narcotics and that patients may have received drugs from damaged vials. Union leadership criticized the elimination as removing a critical, lifesaving resource. Maguire's office called the program fiscally unsustainable and plans to seek council sign-off during the February mid-year budget review, though the deactivation has already taken effect without prior council approval.
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