Guests included Bevan Dufty, former District 8 Supervisor and Director of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships and Engagement (HOPE); Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender; Jo Robinson, Director of Community Behavioral Health Services for the San Francisco Department of Public Health; and Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford School of Medicine.
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| 1811 Eastlake, Seattles's wet house program |
In April, Mayor Ed Lee and others toured Seattle's wet house, a program that houses 75 formerly homeless men and women with chronic alcohol addiction -- with no restrictions on drinking. While controversial, wet houses are said to save taxpayer money by reducing residents' drinking over time and dramatically decreasing the number of emergency room visits associated with chronic inebriation.
Related articles:
"Dufty renews push for SF drunks' wet house" (SFGate.com)
"Bevan Dufty Still Wants a 'Wet House' in S.F. Where Homeless Drunks Can Drink In Peace" (SFist)
"S.F. looks at Seattle's alcoholic program" (SFGate.com)
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