The SF Chronicle and Medical Professionals Agree:
❌ F is a Failure
VOTE NO
“Prop F is a Step Backwards on Homelessness”
“I have seen addiction and overdose worsen when people lose support systems and that is what Proposition F threatens to do”
San Franciscans rightly deserve a city where all residents are housed and those at risk of overdose get the help they need. We deserve an effective response that truly addresses the issues head on. San Francisco Proposition F does not. It is a fatally flawed measure to cut vital assistance to those profiled as people using drugs. It was put on the ballot by Mayor London Breed as a political maneuver to shift blame for the overdose crisis onto the backs of the poorest San Franciscans. Prop F will make a bad situation worse, wasting taxpayer dollars in the process.
Measure F
OPPOSED BY:
Political Organizations
San Francisco Democratic Party•SF Women’s Political Committee • Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club • SPUR•Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club • Affordable Housing Alliance•League of Pissed Off Voters• Latinx Democratic Club•Bernal Heights Democratic Club •District 11 Democratic Club •District 3 Democratic Club•Richmond Democratic Club•League of Women Voters of SF• SF Berniecrats•SF Democratic Socialists of America• San Francisco Tenants Union •SF Rising
Public Safety Groups
SF Taxpayers for Public Safety•Safer Together SF • Community United Against Violence (CUAV)
Healthcare/Treatment Providers & Advocates
SF Treatment on Demand Coalition • San Francisco AIDS Foundation • Healthright 360 • Drug Policy Alliance•Senior Disability Action•National Harm Reduction Coalition•San Francisco Marin Medical Society• Assoc. for Multidisciplinary Ed. & Research in Substance Use & Addiction•Community Health Now Coalition•SF Gray Panthers•AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP)
Labor Groups
CA Nurses Association•National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW)• San Francisco Labor Council• SEIU, 1021•IFPTE, Local 21•United Educators of SF•OPEIU, Local 29• San Francisco Building & Construction Trades Council
Neighborhood and Community Organizations
Black Wall Street •GLIDE•Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council• Asian Pacific Islander Council •Chinese Progressive Association•Tenderloin People’s Congress •Chinese for Affirmative Action • SF Small Business Forward•Causa Justa: Just Cause•Coalition on Homelessness • Asian Law Caucus/Advancing Justice•Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth • PODER•Free SF Coalition•Calle 24 Latino Cultural District•Immigrant Legal Resource Center•Housing Rights Committee of SF
Media
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE• SF Bay Guardian • SF Bay Area Reporter•Sing Tao Daily
Service Providers
San Francisco Human Services Network (HSN) • Homeless Emergency Providers Association (HESPA) • SF HIV/AIDS Provider Network•SF Supportive Housing Provider’s Network•Hospitality House•Larkin Street Youth Services•Gubbio Project•Episcopal Community Services (ECS)•Delivering Innovation in Suppportive Housing (DISH)
Elected Officials
Assemblymember Matt Haney• Supervisor Ahsha Safai•Supervisor Aaron Peskin•Supervisor Shamann Walton•Supervisor Dean Preston•Supervisor Myrna Melgar• Supervisor Hillary Ronen•Public Defender Mano Raju•Former CA Senator Mark Leno
TAKES AWAY THE BASIC SERVICES THAT KEEP THOSE IN NEED OFF THE STREETS
San Francisco city government must prioritize getting people experiencing substance use disorder into stable and safe housing, and supportive services that serve as a pathway to treatment — not search for new ways to deny them basic support and force them into the streets.
CONTRADICTS EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO PUBLIC HEALTH
Research by public health experts shows indisputable evidence that proposals such as Proposition F lead to increased rates of return to substance use, overdose deaths and suicide.
WASTES VALUABLE HEALTH CARE RESOURCES
San Francisco city leaders have failed to fulfill their promises to expand our public health system’s capacity to address drug use and homelessness by not following through on their own 2022 Overdose Prevention Plan.
PROP F WILL INCREASE HOMELESSNESS
Under the measure, those profiled as people using drugs who receive public benefits from the County Adult Assistance Program (CAAP) will be assessed, and will be required to enter treatment or lose assistance. When they lose their benefits, they will owe back rent and can easily be evicted, making it more likely that the almost four thousand people who receive housing/shelter and assistance will end up on the streets.
WILL RESULT IN FEWER TREATMENT CONNECTIONS
Currently, individuals who receive public assistance are encouraged to seek treatment - as they can trade their work requirements for treatment. Under this proposal, individuals will be afraid to admit to substance use issues for fear of losing their tiny amount of income, housing or shelter. While touted as a means to get more people into treatment, this will do the opposite, as less people will reveal to social workers that they use drugs and fewer will apply for benefits that will provide them with housing or connect them to services.
Media Links
Endorsement: San Francisco’s Proposition F has too many question marks to support- SF Chronicle
Drug testing welfare recipients would only add to San Francisco’s homeless ranks- SF Standard Op Ed
Critics bash Breed’s measure to mandate drug screening for S.F. welfare recipients- San Francisco Chronicle
Medical professionals oppose Proposition F to screen for drug use-Mission Local
Proposition F: Tying Cash Welfare to Drug Screening-SF Civic Podcast
Challenging Proposition F: A Medical Perspective on San Francisco’s Approach to Welfare and Addiction -Richmond Review