At 58, Dorsey has pitched himself as a politician free from the burden of higher aspirations.
A year into office, Dorsey has singularly pushed The City to reconsider foundational San Francisco policies.
“In a lot of what we’re doing on policies related to drugs — not just drug dealing, but also public drug use — I think we have to have an unflinching and fearless assessment of what our city is doing to incentivize some of the problems that we’re dealing with,” Dorsey told The Examiner. Dorsey’s critics argue his proposals won’t just be ineffective but have unintended consequences and erode democratic values. “To even just imply that we should mess with , it goes to the heart of who we are,” Melgar said.
“It’s what I would call the panacea fallacy, that unless it’s a panacea, it’s not worth doing. And the reality is, there’s no panaceas here,” said Dorsey, who is an addict in recovery. “I think that a city like San Francisco should be uniquely capable of making progress on things like drug addiction and drug dealing.”
His inquiry was in part a response to a series published this week by the San Francisco Chronicle that explored the significant role people from Honduras have come to play in San Francisco’s drug trade. La Cocina marketplace another victim of slow SF pandemic recovery After a little more than two years, the Tenderloin food hall will transition to a commercial kitchen and event space this fall
The subject of indigent defense had been on Dorsey’s mind prior to The Chronicle’s story. He said he has asked prosecutors about the question of eligibility but “never got a great answer.” Sanctuary City OrdinanceSan Francisco adopted its sanctuary ordinance in 1989. It has been tweaked since, but its primary purpose is to prohibit the use of city resources in aiding federal immigration authorities and promote safety. In a city where more than one-third of residents are immigrants, officials want people to call the police when they need them without fear that they or others could face expulsion from the country.
“It’s about dealing with drug addiction, that’s what we need to do,” Melgar said. “The issue is not that these are all bad people. We are living in a globally connected world where your policies need to reflect the reality that there are people who are poor who are going to take the easy way out, not just in Honduras but everywhere.”
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