San Francisco mayor suggests paying welfare recipients extra $100 a week to stay sober

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San Francisco mayor suggests paying welfare recipients extra $100 a week to stay sober
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed has suggested giving an extra $100 a week to drug-addicted welfare recipients if they stay sober.

“The underlining principle of ‘Cash Not Drugs’ is a simple one. A humane and effective approach to San Franscip’s drug crisis should also include rewarding good behavior and not just punishing bad behavior,” said Dorsey, who is several years sober after batting his own addiction for a quarter century.

Hamas flag-wielding anti-Israel protesters show off portrait of killed terrorist leader in shocking Times Square rally The bill offers a mirror initiative to the recent voter-passed program Proposition F that allows the city to withhold monthly cash aid from the city’s some 5,200 welfare recipients if they test positive for illicit drugs and refuse to partake in a free treatment program,The proposition appeared on voters’ ballots in March and is set to take effect on Jan. 1.

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