The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted early Thursday 8-2 to allow Mayor London Breed's state of emergency in the Tenderloin to continue.
By law, the board had to convene a special meeting to continue the mayor's emergency declaration within seven days of December 18, when it was announced.
The meeting started at 2 p.m. December 23 and went past midnight as more than 100 people provided their one-minute each of public comment.
The supervisors also debated the issue for several hours. The emergency declaration allows the Breed administration to waive rules around contract procurement, as well as zoning and planning codes, to open a site where people with substance abuse issues can be linked to behavioral health services. "The