David Sjostedt

SF is expanding its use of long-lasting “opioid blockade” therapeutics, the closest thing to a fentanyl vaccine. But there’s a catch.

The proposed legislation was spurred by The Standard’s reporting on the growth of the unlicensed ambassador industry.

For the first time, homeless counters were required to speak to everyone they tallied. It made for a slower, weirder morning — and possibly a lower count.

City officials won’t say whether they are planning widespread sweeps while quietly opening more shelter space in the Mission.

A decade after fentanyl arrived, the city has made progress in preventing its worst impacts. Yet in 2025, more people died from the drug than the year before.

A proposal would give locals an edge in landing housing. But Trump’s DEI crackdown may stand in the way.

People in crisis say they have nowhere to go, but neighbors are tired of being stuck in “containment zones for the city’s problems.”

Michael Levine is the latest outsider recruited to confront San Francisco’s drug and homelessness crises.

Drug users can leave the city’s RESET Center whenever they want but risk getting rearrested.

Anne Morrison gave her life to the Tenderloin. When she chose to end it, she made peace with the family she found — not the one she lost.