Dear Friends and Neighbors,
This week we announced 4Pillars4Success: a comprehensive roadmap to tackle San Francisco’s drug crisis. For too long, San Francisco has taken a reactive and uncoordinated approach to tackling our drug crisis with no master plan. Facing a similar crisis, Zurich came together around the Four Pillars policy which has been highly effective.Â
In January, we requested that the Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) prepare a detailed analysis of Zurich’s successful Four Pillars Plan, compare it to what San Francisco is doing, and map out what it would look like to implement Zurich’s Four Pillars Plan in our city.Â
You can read our summary and the BLA's report here.
The BLA worked with local, national, and international experts and departments, including officials from San Francisco, New York, and Zurich, Switzerland to explore successful strategies and flag potential improvements to our local response. This model has reduced overdose deaths by over 60% in Zurich, while also dramatically improving street conditions, and crime related to drug dealing and use, including a 98% reduction in theft.Â
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My hope is that 4Pillars4Success, a product of extensive research over the last year, provides the roadmap our city has been missing for the incoming Mayor, Board of Supervisors, and departments to finally get this crisis under control.Â
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Dean Preston,
District 5 Supervisor
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