San Francisco is adding 400 mental health and addiction treatment beds - an 18% jump in capacity - as the city tries to expand help for struggling residents, many of whom are homeless.
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Of the 400 total, 140 will be ready to open this year, while 260 are still being planned and designed with no opening date set.
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The pandemic exacerbated the city's drug crisis as the powerful opioid fentanyl took hold and overdoses spiked.
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A 10-bed residential treatment facility is also being designed for young adults with serious mental health or substance abuse disorders.
"That's huge," said Jennifer Esteen, former psychiatric nurse for the San Francisco Department of Public Health and Service Employees International Union vice president for organizing."We absolutely need this inventory."
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