Author Michael shellenberger is a critic of san francisco's current policies. He argues that the city continues to throw money at homelessness when it really needs to grapple with addiction. In united nations plaza, san francisco has and a supervised drug injection center. It's currently against federal and state law, although california is thinking about changing it.
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