One week into his new role, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is taking on the city’s fentanyl crisis. Lurie has proposed what he’s dubbed a “fentanyl state of emergency ordinance” to the Board of Supervisors. The ordinance would unlock funding, fast-track hiring of public safety and health staff, and expand treatment and shelter capacity. On Wednesday morning, Lurie was scheduled to sit down with some supervisors and department leaders for a roundtable talk and then address the media in a news conference at 11 a.m. San Francisco Oct 27, 2023 Newsom, SF leaders to form joint task force to battle fentanyl crisis San Francisco Jun 16, 2023 Feds to help San Francisco fight fentanyl crisis Apr 13, 2022 Fighting Fentanyl: Investigating Law Enforcement's Response to the Opioid Crisis