"If somebody is intoxicated or on drugs on the street, and an officer or deputy observes that, this is going to be an option for law enforcement to take that person into custody and then bring them to the research center where they're going to be given the opportunity to first sober up and then be released into, what we call a warm hand-off into clinical care, into service providers,"
"The city is set to open the first "Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation, and Triage Center" or RESET center, run by the Sheriff's Department with Public Health personnel inside. It will be located on 444 6th Street, across from the Hall of Justice and the county jail. Right now, San Francisco deploys street teams to offer city services to drug users. However, all of that is voluntary, so ABC7 asked if they will now be forced into treatment."
San Francisco will open a RESET sobering center at 444 6th Street, across from the Hall of Justice and the county jail. The center will be run by the Sheriff's Department with Public Health personnel inside. Officers may take intoxicated or drug-impaired individuals into custody and bring them to the center for an involuntary custodial intervention to sober up. After sobering, individuals will be offered warm hand-offs into clinical care and service providers. Treatment is not forced, though the initial contact is involuntary custody. City data from January through November 2025 show 588 accidental drug overdose deaths, many in the SOMA district.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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