"For too long, San Franciscans have been told that we must choose between clean, safe neighborhoods and compassion for those struggling on our streets, Lurie wrote on social media, adding: I ran for mayor because I believed we canand shoulddo both. And today, we're showing that our city doesn't have to choose between compassion and accountability. Today, I signed legislation to open the new Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation, and Triage Centerbetter known as the RESET Center."
"The RESET Center allows our officers to arrest those engaged in public drug use at a speed and volume we have never seen before. If you use drugs on our streets, we will arrest you. But with this new resource, we will also give those suffering from addiction a real chance to choose recovery. The RESET Center is a health-focused facility designed to care for publicly intoxicated individuals by moving them off the streets and into a safe and controlled environment."
San Francisco will begin arresting individuals engaged in public drug use and place them in a high-volume care facility called the RESET Center. The facility enables law enforcement to process arrests at unprecedented speed and volume while offering a health-focused environment for publicly intoxicated people to sober up and be connected to treatment. The RESET Center aims to move people off the streets into safe, controlled settings and provide opportunities for recovery. Reactions span the political spectrum, with some commentators praising the approach as life-saving and compassionate, and progressive critics denouncing it as draconian.
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