The city of San Francisco is reviewing its fitness and protection protocols in services that house homeless people who are in danger of contracting COVID-19 or who need quarantine after police arrested two other people for manufacturing and promoting drugs at one of their sites. .
San Francisco police responded Saturday afternoon to a hotel in three hundred blocks from 9th Street after a strong request for chemicals was detected in a room.
The scene contained, but further investigation led officials to notice narcotics in a guest room. Two adults were arrested on suspicion of possession and production of these substances, which are believed to come with methamphetamine and heroin.
“The incident has been investigated lately by the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the San Francisco Police Department,” Officer Robert Rueca, a spokesman for the police, said Thursday.
The city has issued new rules for its housing program to include visual welfare checks that require visitors to open their doors to staff and conduct room inspections. The policy also provides for the expulsion of any person related to the manufacture or distribution of certain narcotics.
“The fitness and protection of customers and staff of the housing program of choice are paramount to the city and county of San Francisco. We will review and adjust policies, protocols and operations to ensure the well-being of customers and staff,” Joseph said. Sweiss of the city’s Common Information Centre.
San Francisco announced in March that it would provide transitional accommodation and quarantine sites to those who tested positive for coronavirus and do not want to be hospitalized, as well as others who have been exposed to the virus and do not have to go to shelters.” due to homelessness or shared living conditions.
“Our highest sensible precedent is public fitness and the slowdown in the spread of COVID-19 in our community,” Mayor London Breed said at the time. “Not everyone in our village has a home to go through if it is inflamed or exposed to the virus, and it is vital that we take steps like this to care for our most vulnerable residents, adding the homeless.”
San Francisco County reported coronavirus-related deaths and 7228 cases.