Eligible SF residents can now get cash to stay sober
ktvu.com | October 30, 2024The “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.
That word “Adult” . . . It may not mean what you think it does. Nor “Assistance.”
Pop a top, my friend.
Call me crazy, but it seems like simply withholding their welfare checks unless they are sober would be more effective. This seems like it encourages people to get a drug habit so that they can then get paid to “battle” it.
I’m high on life, hope you all are too…
do they offer back pay? I’ve sober my whole life. Where do I sign up for future pay? I mean if they are just giving $400 a month… I mean that’s a nice gun every 2 to 3 months for free.