{"id":33158,"date":"2024-04-24T12:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T19:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=33158"},"modified":"2024-04-24T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T19:55:02","slug":"san-franciscos-recovery-movement-holds-rally-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/san-franciscos-recovery-movement-holds-rally-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO\u2019S RECOVERY MOVEMENT HOLDS RALLY, SUMMIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by\u00a0Randy Shaw<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0April 22, 2024 (BeyondChron.org)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Momentum for Recovery Grows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco is undergoing a transformation in how it perceives its drug crisis. Long wedded exclusively to harm reduction, forces across the city are pushing to prioritize recovery. The difference? The former approach promotes addiction while the latter offers people the opportunity to transform their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, April 24 a coalition of recovery groups holds a \u201cRecovery First\u201d rally and educational summit. It comes on the heels of Assembly member Matt Haney\u2019s introduction<\/a> of AB 2479, which would open up as much as 25% of state Housing First funding to drug-free recovery housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tide toward recovery is turning. And to learn more about why, join the rally on City Hall steps that starts at 8:30am. And\/or attend the summit that starts at 9:30 am at the Main Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event is sponsored by the Pacific Alliance for Prevention and Recovery in partnership with Mothers Against Drug Addiction & Deaths, The Way Out, Salvation Army, Positive Directions Equal Change, UCSF Citywide Case Management, New Community Leadership Foundation, and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC), of which I am the Executive Director. Richard Beal, who heads THC\u2019s recovery programs, will be awarded the Shirley Lamar Award at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haney\u2019s AB 2479<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haney\u2019s legislation represents a huge step forward for recovery. It will finally give all California cities the resources to expand recovery services. That the state has barred drug-free recovery housing as part of its Housing First program was a mistake; Haney\u2019s bill sets the state on the right course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I encourage all those concerned about the drug crisis to support AB 2479.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco\u2019s drug crisis is hampering the city\u2019s economic recovery. Expanding drug-free recovery housing offers help and solutions the city desperately needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Randy Shaw<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Randy Shaw is the Editor of Beyond Chron and the Director of San Francisco\u2019s Tenderloin Housing Clinic, which publishes Beyond Chron. Shaw’s latest book is Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. He is the author of four prior books on activism, including The Activist’s Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century, and Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century. He is also the author of The Tenderloin: Sex, Crime and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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