San Francisco is planning to open several facilities this year with hundreds of treatment beds as part of Mayor Daniel Lurie’s attempt to alleviate the epidemic of accidental overdose deaths, which saw a slight dip in April, the city’s Department of Public Health announced Tuesday.

San Francisco’s Medical Examiner’s Office recorded 50 preliminary accidental overdose deaths in April, making it the lowest month for overdose deaths so far this year. Last month’s number is a modest decline from the first three months of 2025 when overdose deaths averaged 64 per month.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.