SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown rejected San Francisco's plan to allow safe injection facilities for illicit drug users, saying Sunday that he was concerned about exposing local officials and health care professionals to potential federal criminal charges.
In vetoing AB186, the governor also said he was not convinced the bill would lead to drug users getting the treatment they need to get clean.
The bill by Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, would have created a four-year pilot program in San Francisco aimed at reducing opioid overdoses and encouraging users to go into treatment by giving them supervised facilities to inject themselves and ride out the high under clinical supervision.
The Trump administration warned that if California allowed the sites, those involved could be subject to civil and criminal action.
