Overview

• Calls are growing for California Highway Patrol officers to join the effort in disrupting drug markets in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.
• California state police and the California National Guard will partner with local law enforcement agencies to disrupt fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco.
• Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed California Highway Patrol and National Guard resources to assist San Francisco police and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins in combating the city's drug crisis.
• CHP will provide technical assistance, training, and drug trafficking enforcement within key areas of the city.
• Since 2019, over 2,000 people in San Francisco have died from fentanyl overdoses, and the police department has 335 fewer full-duty police officers than it did in 2017.