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Exploring solutions to SF's addiction, homeless & mental health crises

San Francisco's skyline viewed from Coit Tower
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On this edition of Your Call, San Francisco journalists will discuss the city’s addiction, homeless, and mental health crises.

San Francisco has received national media coverage claiming that crime is out of control and the city is lost, but what do the facts say? What are solutions to the city's challenges?

Guests:

Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills and former executive editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian

Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist for Mission Local

Web Resources:

Mission Local: Banko Brown: DA Jenkins’ handling of case a disaster of her own making

48hills: London Breed’s astonishing trickle-down economics define budget message

48hills: The mayor’s budget takes money away from unhoused youth and families

48hills: SF continues to violate court order on sweeps of homeless people, filing says

48hills: Banko Brown video is horrifying—as is the response of the district attorney

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.