matt dorsey was there. he was a strategist, confident, colleague understanding how to focus on issues and to hear what was in the minds of the public that we all represent. the public has benefited from his wisdom for 20 years to help make the san francisco city attorney's office the premier municipal law office in the country. they owe matt dorsey a tremendous debt of gratitude. the mayor, obviously, through her wisdom defined that as well in the people she talked to and her interactions with matt. he can be kind of persuasive. he pushed me to be a better person, better leader, more responsive. before i close and hand over to my good friend chief scott. i want be to say two things. three things. one, matt has an incredible ego about two things. two things. number one, his clothes. you are going to get a paycut. no more clothes, you will be out on the street. number two. he is the first to admit there is no better writer in san francisco government than matt dorsey. he does not take kindly to people giving

matt dorsey was there. he was a strategist confident, colleague understanding how to focus on issues and to hear what was in the minds of the public that we all represent. the public has benefited from his wisdom for 20 years to help make the san francisco city attorney's office the premier municipal law office in the country. they owe matt dorsey a tremendous debt of gratitude. the mayor obviously, through her wisdom defined that as well in the people she talked to and her interactions with matt. he can be kind of persuasive. he pushed me to be a better person better leader more responsive. before i close and hand over to my good friend chief scott. i want be to say two things. three things. one, matt has an incredible ego about two things. two things. number one, his clothes. you are going to get a paycut. no more clothes, you will be out on the street. number two. he is the first to admit there is no better writer in san francisco government than matt dorsey. he does not take kindly to people giving him

thank you, matt. >> thank you, mayor, and thank you, supervisor dorsey. >> you know, when programs like this move into neighborhoods, neighbors usually lock their doors and i got a letter from a neighbor who was concerned. i want to welcome a couple of our neighbors here today because they're no longer concerned, they're excited and happy and we welcomed them into our family. they all live on this block in this neighborhood and are part of this energy and they're making this project happen. i want to say thank you for welcomed them. >> you know, sometimes collaborations are complicated, but they're not complicated when peoples' visions, missions, and values are aligned. in march, the adult proand we didn't have any funds for it. and our next speaker made this happen and i'm so grateful to partner with the san francisco department of public health who stepped up and made this dream a reality. so dr. colfax. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. thank you supervisors. and thank you, steve. i really appreciate everything you do for the community. you know, i get a lot of e-mails. i always r

city supervisor matt dorsey and the building owners held a town hall last night was crawford's taylor sackey reports the town hall left. many residents more frustrated than anything else. >> this has been a really financially stressful time for me and my partner and folks, the building having different the cost tyler patterson lives at san francisco high-rise. 33 to hama. >> but hasn't been there for nearly a month since a water main failure sent 20,000 gallons of water. >> cascading down. 35 floors of the building forcing nearly 500 people to evacuate immediately for the first time city supervisor matt dorsey hosted a town hall meeting wednesday night with city housing committees in the real estate management firm hines that owns the building to address concerns and provide updates dorsey's office. tonight, kron four's request to join the meeting saying it was only for residents but didn't provide an explanation. why when asked a dog and pony show really showing off their strategy to for communication, which >> isn't adequate a law folks go without responses. hines originally targete

.♪ ♪ matt dorsey , you helped us ♪ ♪ get to this point with this ♪ ♪ year's pride and i am so ♪ ♪ excited to see all the ♪ ♪ things you're goingto do on ♪ ♪ the board.♪ ♪ it's a joy to serve with you ♪ ♪ and thank you for appointing ♪ ♪ matt dorsey to represent ♪ ♪ district 6 .♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you so much.♪ ♪ i want to express my ♪ ♪ gratitude to carolyn and ♪ ♪ suzanne.♪ ♪ yesterday in a conversation ♪ ♪ carolyn said i'm going to be ♪ ♪ blunt and i say good because ♪ ♪ we don't have time for ♪ ♪ nuance.♪ ♪ getting this done was ♪ ♪ important and i want to ♪ ♪ express my gratitude to joe ♪ ♪ weitzman in myoffice, lisa ♪ ♪ williams .♪ ♪ the human rightscommission, ♪ ♪ cheryldavis .♪ ♪ the lgbtq advisory ♪ ♪ commission .♪ ♪ people are having a ♪ ♪ difficult conversations and ♪ ♪ i especially want to express ♪ ♪ my gratitude because you ♪ ♪ know how personal it is tome ♪ ♪ .♪ ♪ the officer catherine ♪ ♪ winters, all the men, women ♪ ♪ and non-bina

dorsey was ♪ ♪ going to be speaking as well ♪ ♪ as supervisor mandelman and ♪ ♪ supervisor melgar.♪ ♪ thank you for being here ♪ ♪ from the board of ♪ ♪ supervisors.♪ ♪ we had another one west and ♪ ♪ mark i like that shirt.♪ ♪ supervisor catherine ♪ ♪ driscoll, thank you for ♪ ♪ being here today.♪ ♪ we also have walking torres, ♪ ♪ our city administrator, paul ♪ ♪ mia moto.♪ ♪ our attorney david chu.♪ ♪ i'm trying to get these ♪ ♪ titles right and our ♪ ♪ senators scott weiner and i ♪ ♪ want to acknowledge and ♪ ♪ thank many of our lgbtq ♪ ♪ department heads who serve ♪ ♪ and protect and work hard ♪ ♪ for the city every day ♪ ♪ including our fire chief jim ♪ ♪ mickelson♪ ♪ director of the sf mta jeff ♪ ♪ tomlin .♪ ♪ a person who got us through ♪ ♪ covid even though we had a ♪ ♪ fight every day.♪ ♪ and i think how is here from♪ ♪ the transgender district .♪ ♪ thank you for your work♪ ♪ paul henderson, office of ♪ ♪ police accountability .♪ ♪ carol huizing

. >> matt dorsey says he does not advise people driving and finding parking, saying this area caters more toward public transportation and pedestrian traffic. >> this is a transit first arena so use transit. it is best to stay out of your cars because it will be a lot of traffic congestion. >> dorsey says they should expect large crowds but should get excited about a bay area team back from a championship game. >> let's have a great time but celebrate responsibly and let's win the championship. >> that is the hope. you want to see the warriors when a championship? that would be great to see. tickets are on sale outside of that chase center. >> no question. it will be great. abc 7 is the exclusive home for the nba finals. we will have pregame and postgame programming. and then game one is thursday night, the tip-off at 6:00 p.m.. you can count on dubs on seven covers all day long. >> back to that breaking news of the wildfire burning in napa. evacuations are in effect for people living nearby. you can see this video from social media people posting that smoke in the air. this is being

dorsey. [applause] >> thanks, everybody. so i want to welcome everybody to my neighborhood. i live just like a block and a half away. and one thing that i love mid-market and south of market, this area, is just how inclusive a community that it is, and there's density and market-rate housing and b.m.r. and supportive services. this is really the promise of the city of st. francis, and i'm just so grateful to mayor breed for her leadership, charine, and compass family services and ucsf, and dish and for fulfilling the promise of what we can do as a city. i think this is officially just the one week mark as we stand here. i've talked about my own personal journey in recovery and a lot of that i think that i emphasized some of the problems that i see. i think that probably i didn't talk enough about the things that really inspired me to want to work with mayor breed. how inspired i was by the leadership that she showed around the tenderloin initiative and the leadership that she's showing on pro

i'm dan thor and i'm ella sogomonian city supervisor matt dorsey and the building's owners held a town hall meeting about this tonight. >> and kron four's taylor bisaki reports it it left many residents even more frustrated. >> this has been a really financially stressful time for me and my partner and folks, the building having different the cost. tyler patterson lives at san francisco high-rise. 33 to hama. >> but hasn't been there for nearly a month since a water main failure sent 20,000 gallons of water. >> cascading down. 35 floors of the building forcing nearly 500 people to evacuate immediately for the first time city supervisor matt dorsey hosted a town hall meeting wednesday night with city housing committees in the real estate management firm hines that owns the building to address concerns and provide updates dorsey's office. tonight, kron four's request to join the meeting saying it was only for residents but didn't provide an explanation. why when asked a dog and pony show really showing off their strategy to for communication, which >> isn't adequate law. folks go without

i'm going to talk live with san francisco supervisor matt dorsey about his plan to designate certain block says right to recovery areas. in san francisco, with targeted enforcement recently appointed supervisor matt dorsey wants police to go after dealers and designated parts of the city where people are getting help for addiction. his proposal would create right to recovery blocks that would be free of drug use and drug dealing. supervisor dorsey joins us the four since being appointed to the district six seat last month. congratulations matt on this new position. this is your first major legislation and described the environment near drug treatment facilities right now. well you know, right now there are sometimes very good reasons that we have facilities for people with substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder in areas where there's a lot of street drug use and drug sales. that's just because that's where the problem sometimes is. but i think we need to be cognizant of the fact that when people are taking that brave first step to get themselves in recovery and to, you know,

city supervisor matt dorsey and the building's owners held a town hall tonight. but as kron 4 say that the sacking explains the town hall left. many of those residents even more frustrated. >> this has been a really financially stressful time for and my partner and folks, the building having different the cost tyler patterson lives at san francisco high-rise. 33 to hama. >> but hasn't been there for nearly a month since a water main failure sent 20,000 gallons of water. >> cascading down. 35 floors of the building forcing nearly 500 people to evacuate immediately for the first time city supervisor matt dorsey hosted a town hall meeting wednesday night with city housing committees in the real estate management firm hines that owns the building to address concerns and provide updates dorsey's office. tonight, kron four's request to join the meeting saying it was only for residents but didn't provide an explanation. why when asked a dog and pony show really showing off their strategy to for communication, which >> isn't adequate law. folks go without responses. hine

supervisor matt dorsey says it is groundbreaking. >> in san francisco we have drag queens and drag kings. this is something that is part of what it is to be a san francisco resident. >>> take a look at this. in honor of pride month one of the most beautiful airports in the world. >>> the game may not have gone the way we wanted but steph curry did drop a new shoe with under armour today. these are limited edition we believe. inspired by the warriors we believe playoff run in 2007. they hit shelves today at the warrior shop outside of chase center. they will cost $130 if you want a pair. if they win again they will be more valuable. >>> when we believe in game two and game three. sunday will be game to a chase center. and the weather might be interesting. let's get to that our forecast. right now there is the familiar view of the fog. 53 degrees in the wind out of the northwest with low clouds moving to oakland. into san jose coming in at 60 with the northeast wind close to 10 miles per hour. the threat tomorrow morning has some drizzle and missed possible near the interbay. tomorrow the

truck the day after the recall election, the mayor recently appointed matt dorsey as the san francisco design district. during the walk, he said some of the issues raised by tuesday's recall of the progressive district attorney. >> does this not mean that criminal justice will be performed in front san francisco is going anywhere. this does not mean that there will be all of the sudden, a significant setback. >> reporter: under san francisco's unique city council structure, she has granted the power to fill certain seats. she has appointed nine selected positions after those officials left office on their own. she has also pointed replacements for the school board members. this is actually the second time that mayor lyndon breed has made and appointed to this office. she says this decision will not be easy. >> in making this decision, i have already started talking with people in the community. i have talked to a lot of people, the judges, lawyers, community members, people who i grew up with, who went to jail for things they never did. >> during the day, richard rikers, with the local

supervisor matt dorsey says it is groundbreaking. >> in san francisco we have drag queens and drag kings. this is something that is part of what it is to be a san francisco resident. >>> take a look at this. in honor of pride month one of the most beautiful airports in the world. >>> the game may not have gone the way we wanted but steph curry did drop a new shoe with under armour today. these are limited edition we believe. inspired by the warriors we believe playoff run in 2007. they hit shelves today at the warrior shop outside of chase center. they will cost $130 if you want a pair. if they win again they will be more valuable. >>> when we believe in game two and game three. sunday will be game to a chase center. and the weather might be interesting. let's get to that our forecast. right now there is the familiar view of the fog. 53 degrees in the wind out of the northwest with low clouds moving to oakland. iat 60 with the northeast wind close to 10 miles per hour. the threat tomorrow morning ed possible near the interbay. tomorrow the high will be cooler. the temperatures we see out

dorsey join us today. he is definitely familiar to the men and women of the police department. we are so grateful for his service. i also want to acknowledge the fact that a lot of this happens because of philanthropic support and the san francisco police department has the support of chris larson joining us today, a native from san francisco who supports the department and wants to improve moral and support which is a challenging time for the department. so many care about our public safety officials. do not get discouraged what is on social media and other alcohol ings. the an attend of the day the people of the city support you and appreciate you and you are showing up at the most difficult times in their lives. that means something when you have someone that no matter what is going to show up, make sure that people are okay, they are safe, served, protected. that is what public safety and what you all represent for san francisco. we appreciate you. we need you. we will continue to uplift and support yo

matt dorsey. we have a lot of data points that suggest maybe the city is moving that way but at the same time there is still broad support for criminal juice reform. gavin newsom will do very well as is rob bonta at san francisco's we have to be careful about drawing too many sweeping conclusions. >> i think we are seeing pushback to those more progressive -- crime and the concert people have but one thing i noticed interviewing these attorney general candidates they are still talking about rehabilitation, about striking a balance, nathan hochman used that line if you are a hammer to see everything, if it's a nail, cannot do that anymore. it is important to know the conversation has shifted and i don't see us going back to 1994 three strikes necessarily, but there is always push and pull in politics and we are seeing some pushback. to the san jose's mayor race, are you seeing the same sort of discussion play out? there has been a lot of police union spending some of these -- this is a city were ov

matt dorsey. we have a lot of data points that suggest maybe the city is moving that way but at the same time there is still broad support for criminal justice reform. gavin newsom will do very well as is rob bonta at san francisco's we have to be careful about drawing too many sweeping conclusions. >> i think we are seeing pushback to those more progressive -- crime and the concert people have but one thing i noticed interviewing these attorney general candidates they are still talking about rehabilitation, about striking a balance, nathan hochman used that line if you are a hammer to see everything, if it's a nail, cannot do that anymore. it is important to know the conversation has shifted and i don't see us going back to 1994 three strikes necessarily, but there is always push and pull inolitics and we are seeing some pushback. to the san jose's mayor race, are you seeing the same so of discussion play out? there has been a lot of police union spending some of these -- this is a city were over

but supervisor matt dorsey helped facilitate the compromise command staff and a limited number of on-duty law enforcement officers will be allowed to march in uniform. i feel that. >> i said if you honors both sides, i feel it honors law enforcement and some of the concerns brought up by the community. catherine winters is with the san francisco police officers, pride alliance and an out trans woman. she was part of the negotiation and believes it's important to see officers in uniform at pride. i'm also here to play think that when people can say that there are lgbtq people who are in uniform are serving the city. >> who are trying to make a difference. >> it has a. >> has ability to change the dynamic of the conversation and improve those those conversations. most of the public safety contingency joining the parade will be in casual department approved by the panel. mayor london breed announced she will also be particnpating because of the resolution. why singer says she knows some people won't be happy about the compromise, but he says it's not the end of the dialogue between law enfor

matt dorsey. we have a lot of data points that suggest maybe the city is moving that way but at the same time there is still broad support for criminal justice reform. gavin newsom will do very well as is rob bonta at san francisco's we have to be careful about drawing too many sweeping conclusions. >> i think we are seeing pushback to those more progressive -- crime and the concert people have but one thing i noticed interviewing these attorney general candidates they are still talking about rehabilitation, about striking a balance, nathan hochman used that line if you are a hammer to see everything, if it's a nail, cannot do that anymore. it is important to know the conversation has shifted and i don't see us going back to 1994 three strikes necessarily, but there is always push and pull in politics and we are seeing some pushback. to the san jose's mayor race, are you seeing the same sort of discussion play out? there has been a lot of police spngen so mea city were over last two decades we hav

san francisco supervisor matt dorsey was one of two supervisors to publicly support the recall supervisor, dorsey says this is not a time for recall supporters to celebrate, he says it's time to focus on what the future of law and order will look like in san francisco. it's not a question of whether we're soft on crime or tough on crime. are we being smart on crime? supporters of d a. boudin expressed their disappointment in the election results. the northern california releasing a statement insisting that the next san francisco district attorney pursue reform , reducing cars aeration hold police accountable when they break the law and root out racial bias in the criminal justice system. whoever the mayor appoints for the interim voters in san francisco will be voting on a new district attorney in november. voters in the city also rejected prop c, which would have limited recalls and block the mayor's appointments from running for the position in the next election. that means this november chasing bodine decides to run for da again, he could potentially run against whoever the mayor of po

dorsey. who she appointed just three months after she appoint lead members to the school board. she also once appointed district attorney susie loftus before her loss to chesa boudin. now the mayor was asked about this breadth of appointments and her growing responsibility for the state of the city. >> it's what the voters elected me to do, make the hard decisions. when you make these decisions, you have to be comfortable with the fact that some people are going to agree with you, and some people are going to disagree. not or a whiocess really does the vote has to be certified by the board of supervisors. then we get a nominee from the mayor that will all happen some time late june, early july. we're here in san francisco, wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> election offices across the bay area continue to count ballots as we look inside the san francisco office today. they're reviewing the close to 100,000 ballots turned in yesterday, and the mail-in ballots that continue to come in. >> and we're kee

plus, youth supervisor matt dorsey is calling the plan a groundbreaking initiative that he hopes other cities will adopt. this is the most vulnerable. >> populations. and i think this is living up to our created is the city of saint francis that doing the right thing. but our transgender and gender nonconforming population, according to the city, transgender non-binary and gender nonconforming, san franciscans are 18 times more likely to experience homelessness than the general population. the transgender advocates for justice and accountability coalition provide services for change, gender women of color. the coalition's ceo and founder of cure jackson says a recent poll of 201 trans women in san francisco. >> found around 36% experienced some form of violence from the beginning that just like you don't get the traditional support from family or >> from friends and >> the suicide rates continued violence that happens across the world. supervisor rafael mandelman worked with mayor breed when she started the our trans home sf in 2019 and looks forward to working towards achieving her ne

plus, youth supervisor matt dorsey is calling the plan a groundbreaking initiative that he hopes other cities will adopt. this is the most vulnerable. >> populations. and i think this is living up to our created is the city of saint francis that doing the right thing. but our transgender and gender nonconforming population, according to the city, transgender non-binary and gender nonconforming, san franciscans are 18 times more likely to experience homelessness than the general population. the transgender advocates for justice and accountability coalition provide services for change, gender women of color. the coalition's ceo and founder of cure jackson says a recent poll of 201 trans women in san francisco. >> founded around 36% experienced some form of violence from the beginning that just like you don't get the traditional support from family or >> from friends and >> the suicide rates continued violence that happens across the world. jackson recognizes that some might view mayor breed's goal to end homelessness for transgender and gender nonconforming people as ambitious but says i

dorsey is calling this plan the right to recovery initiative and kron four's. dan thorn takes a closer look. >> as san francisco city leaders are seeking ways to get more people struggling with addiction into recovery. one proposal is to crack down on the open air drug markets outside of treatment facilities. the goal is to protect those who are seeking help. it's something really need it. it's really hard to abstain from something that you're 52. if it's all around you, chris, tell to lock is the chief of the san francisco adult probation department. she says supervisor dorsey's right to recovery zones would create a safe space by keeping drug dealers away from those who are vulnerable while also preventing open air drug use. there are some concerns that this approach may discourage people from seeking treatment. i got clean in a set of handcuffs. so i'm not quite sure. that's that's a deterrent to getting into recovery might to turn to to using around a facility that is. >> promoting recovery. dami who struggled with addiction but is now a recovery advocates

dorsey is a recovering addict and alcoholic. he says the city did a great job in responding to the covid-19 public health crisis. but they have fallen short on addressing drug overdose deaths. he says since the pandemic, the city has lost nearly twice as many people to drug overdose as we did to covid. so now he's proposing new legislation to create drug enforcement zones around treatment centers. >> but i would like to have something that we're calling a right to recovery block or right to recovery zone. that would basically asked police that if anybody is doing drugs outside of these kinds of sober living environments or clinics that they be subject to confiscation of their trucks time. this is a priority enforcement zone. and if there's drug dealers who are out there preying on young truck, attics are trying to get that they would be subject to immediate arrest. >> the policy would not change any penalties for illegal drug use. but does have police taken a stronger role in tackling the problem? coming up on the kron 4 morning

dorsey was ♪ ♪ going to be speaking as well ♪ ♪ as supervisor mandelman and ♪ ♪ supervisor melgar.♪ ♪ thank you for being here ♪ ♪ from the board of ♪ ♪ supervisors.♪ ♪ we had another one west and ♪ ♪ mark i like that shirt.♪ ♪ supervisor catherine ♪ ♪ driscoll, thank you for ♪ ♪ being here today.♪ ♪ we also have walking torres, ♪ ♪ our city administrator, paul ♪ ♪ mia moto.♪ ♪ our attorney david chu.♪ ♪ i'm trying to get these ♪ ♪ titles right and our ♪ ♪ senators scott weiner and i ♪ ♪ want to acknowledge and ♪ ♪ thank many of our lgbtq ♪ ♪ department heads who serve ♪ ♪ and protect and work hard ♪ ♪ for the city every day ♪ ♪ including our fire chief jim ♪ ♪ mickelson♪ ♪ director of the sf mta jeff ♪ ♪ tomlin .♪ ♪ a person who got us through ♪ ♪ covid even though we had a ♪ ♪ fight every day.♪ ♪ and i think how is here from♪ ♪ the transgender district .♪ ♪ thank you for your work♪ ♪ paul henderson, office of ♪ ♪ police accountability .♪ ♪ carol huizing

plus, youth supervisor matt dorsey is calling the plan a groundbreaking initiative that he hopes other cities will adopt. this is the most vulnerable. >> populations. and i think this is living up to our created city of saint francis that doing the right thing. but our transgender and-gender nonconforming population, according to the city, transgender non-binary and gender nonconforming, san franciscans are 18 times more likely to experience homelessness than the general population. the transgender advocates for justice and accountability coalition provide services for change, gender women of color. the coalition's ceo and founder of cure jackson says a recent poll of 201 trans women in san francisco. >> found around 36% experienced some form of violence from the beginning. and it's just like you don't get the traditional support from family or >> from friends and >> the suicide rates continued violence that happens across the world. supervisor rafael mandelman worked with mayor breed when she started the our trans home as staff in 2019 and looks forward to working towards achieving he

dorsey. [applause] >> thanks, everybody. so i want to welcome everybody to my neighborhood. i live just like a block and a half away. and one thing that i love mid-market and south of market, this area, is just how inclusive a community that it is, and there's density and market-rate housing and b.m.r. and supportive services. this is really the promise of the city of st. francis, and i'm just so grateful to mayor breed for her leadership, charine, and compass family services and ucsf, and dish and for fulfilling the promise of what we can do as a city. i think this is officially just the one week mark as we stand here. i've talked about my own personal journey in recovery and a lot of that i think that i emphasized some of the problems that i see. i think that probably i didn't talk enough about the things that really inspired me to want to work with mayor breed. how inspired i was by the leadership that she showed around the tenderloin initiative and the leadership that she's showing on pro

thank you staying in san francisco supervisor matt dorsey is now supporting the recall effort against chasing boudin in an op ed piece published today, dorsey took particular issue with boudin's apparent tolerance for drug sales in the city. he says his constituents are upset by the open air drug markets in his district and the problems associated with them, including trash sidewalks and threatening behavior by drug dealers. he also cited his own personal journey with the diction. dorsey was appointed last month to represent district six, which does include the tenderloin civic center in mid market neighborhoods. tomorrow. the state's reparations task force is expected to release its report on the impact of slavery on black people in the state. the task force is a first ever effort by a state government to take an expansive look at slavery and how it has affected people's lives to this day report is expected to include ideas to address those wrongs they could include improving black neighborhoods, police reforms and expanding voting registration. 11 african american graduates of the s

dorsey was ♪ ♪ going to be speaking as well ♪ ♪ as supervisor mandelman and ♪ ♪ supervisor melgar.♪ ♪ thank you for being here ♪ ♪ from the board of ♪ ♪ supervisors.♪ ♪ we had another one west and ♪ ♪ mark i like that shirt.♪ ♪ supervisor catherine ♪ ♪ driscoll, thank you for ♪ ♪ being here today.♪ ♪ we also have walking torres, ♪ ♪ our city administrator, paul ♪ ♪ mia moto.♪ ♪ our attorney david chu.♪ ♪ i'm trying to get these ♪ ♪ titles right and our ♪ ♪ senators scott weiner and i ♪ ♪ want to acknowledge and ♪ ♪ thank many of our lgbtq ♪ ♪ department heads who serve ♪ ♪ and protect and work hard ♪ ♪ for the city every day ♪ ♪ including our fire chief jim ♪ ♪ mickelson♪ ♪ director of the sf mta jeff ♪ ♪ tomlin .♪ ♪ a person who got us through ♪ ♪ covid even though we had a ♪ ♪ fight every day.♪ ♪ and i think how is here from♪ ♪ the transgender district .♪ ♪ thank you for your work♪ ♪ paul henderson, office of ♪ ♪ police accountability .♪ ♪ carol huizing

matt dorsey is a recovering addict and alcoholic. he says the city did a great job in responding to the covid-19 public health crisis. but it's fallen short on drug overdose deaths. he says since the pandemic, the city is nearly rather lost nearly twice as many people to drug overdose. as we did to covid. so he's proposing new legislation to create drug enforcement zones around treatment centers. >> so i would like to have something that we're calling a right to recovery block or right to recovery zone. that would basically asked police that if anybody is doing drugs outside of these kinds of sober living environments or clinics that they be subject to confiscation of their trucks time. this is a priority enforcement zone. and if there's drug dealers who are out there preying on, you know, drug addicts are trying to get that they would be subject to immediate arrest. >> well, the policy would not change any penalties for illegal drug use, but does have police taking a stronger role in tackling the problem. well, nation is getting rea