Eligible SF residents can now get cash to stay sober

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-31 06:19:35 | Updated at 2024-10-31 09:32:32 3 hours ago

Eligible SF residents can now get cash to stay sober
ktvu.com ^ | October 30, 2024 | KTVU staff

Posted on 10/30/2024 11:14:38 PM PDT by KingofZion

Cash Not Drugs" proposal, under which certain residents would receive money to stay sober, is now closer to becoming reality after the city's Board of Supervisors passed the bill earlier this week.

The bill gives welfare recipients a $100 city-issued gift card for each week they stay sober. Proponents of the plan call it a humane and effective way of dealing with the drug crisis plaguing San Francisco.

Supervisors Ahsha Safai, Dean Preston, Matt Dorsey, and Rafael Mandelman sponsored the bill.

Eligible recipients include those enrolled in the County Adult Assistance Program (CAAP). The Cash Not Drugs is completely voluntary and expected to last for three years.

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Participants would be tested and paid weekly.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: drugs; francisco; narcotics; san

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$100 cash monthly to drug users - what could possibly go wrong here?

1 posted on 10/30/2024 11:14:38 PM PDT by KingofZion

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