SF to get team dedicated to clearing used needles from city’s streets - SFGate

SF to get team dedicated to clearing used needles from city’s streets - SFGate
"Just days before he rolls out a citywide plan to clean up San Francisco’s fetid and filthy streets, Mayor Mark Farrell announced plans to hire a 10-person team of health professionals dedicated to cleaning up used needles.
Farrell and Department of Public Health Director Barbara Garcia said on Monday that the city would allocate $750,000 to hire the new employees through a contract with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
“People are, quite frankly, fed up with the conditions of our streets, and so am I,” Farrell said, speaking at a news conference assembled in an alley at the corner of Natoma and Russ streets.
“The status quo on our streets today is simply unacceptable, and we’re not going to stand for it,” he said..."
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