San Francisco Department of Public Health

San Francisco Department Of Public Health Hires Weight Based Discrimination Activist As A Consultant

December 19, 2024 10:06 amDecember 19, 2024 10:06 am

Virgie Tovar, a weight-based discrimination speaker and author of “You Have the Right to Remain Fat,” was hired by the San Francisco Department of Public Health earlier this week as a :weight stigma and weight neutrality” consultant, resulting in public...

Mask Up San Francisco… and Just Shut Up

July 31, 2024 2:45 amJuly 31, 2024 2:46 am

There are currently 33 people hospitalized in San Francisco with COVID, KRON reports. “The 7-day average test positivity rate is currently at 6.5%.” Naturally, the San Francisco Department of Public Health is recommending that people begin wearing masks again because…...

SF Mayor Breed Proposes Plan to Give $100 A Week to Welfare Recipients For Negative Drug Tests

July 30, 2024 1:21 pmJuly 30, 2024 1:21 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and San Francisco City Supervisor Matt Dorsey unveiled a new proposed plan on Monday that would give select welfare recipients $100 a week for testing negative for illegal drugs. The effort amongst city leaders to...

San Francisco Announces Record 806 Overdose Deaths In City In 2023

January 18, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 18, 2024 2:46 am

New data from the City of San Francisco released on Wednesday found that 806 total drug overdoses occurred in 2023, marking the highest yearly number of overdoses ever in the city, and over 150 more than the 2022 amount of...

60% of Homeless Vagrants in San Francisco Refusing Shelter

December 14, 2023 6:59 pmDecember 14, 2023 6:59 pm

According to new data released by San Francisco Mayor London Breed and street outreach teams from the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (SFHOT), 60% of all homeless people who were offered shelter...

San Francisco Sees Deadliest Drug Overdose Month On Record

September 19, 2023 11:49 amSeptember 20, 2023 3:57 pm

The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced on Monday that 84 drug overdose deaths were recorded in August, tying the monthly record of January 2023 as the deadliest drug overdose month in city history. For over a decade, fentanyl,...

SF Public Health Dept. Announces 385 Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Recorded This Year

August 17, 2023 12:18 pmAugust 17, 2023 12:19 pm

The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday that the city recorded 385 deaths from fentanyl so far this year and is currently on pace to break the previous record for fentanyl deaths set in 2020. For over...