""If you know you need to get off of and away from drugs, you shouldn't be forced into housing where drug use is allowed and where recovery is not supported," he said. "Some folks won't go into housing because they know that it actually is dangerous for them because they're still experiencing an addiction. ... This isn't about having zero tolerance to drug use. It's about having environments where recovery is explicitly supported, and that is the goal.""
"But according to Newsom, jurisdictions can already use state dollars to "support recovery housing.""
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed an initiative aimed at expanding sober housing in California. San Francisco supervisors proposed legislation to bar new city dollars from funding supportive housing developments that do not require residents to be drug-free. California has required state-funded supportive housing to follow a Housing First framework for about a decade, which accepts tenants regardless of drug use. The local proposal seeks to expand drug-free, recovery-oriented housing in the city and would prevent city officials from using city funds to open new non-sober housing. Proponents say recovery-focused environments better protect people seeking to stop using drugs.
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