San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie secured majority support from the Board of Supervisors for his proposal to tackle the city's fentanyl and homelessness crises. The proposed ordinance aims to streamline the approval process for contracts related to homelessness,

Mayor Daniel Lurie's fentanyl state of emergency ordinance received unanimous approval from the city's Budget and Finance Committee and is set for a vote before the full Board of Supervisors next Tuesday.

Newly-inaugurated San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie began his term in office declaring a "fentanyl state of emergency." But Lurie's declaration falls short of the narrow way emergencies are legally defined.

Government insiders said that a mayor asking for significant new powers — as Lurie is — without stating what he'd do with it is unprecedented

The ordinance is up for a hearing Wednesday and Lurie is lobbying the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to approve the plan that would cut city red tape to address the fentanyl crisis.

Mayor Daniel Lurie's proposed fentanyl ordinance to combat the widespread use of the deadly opioid could face its first political test during a key committee hearing next week, according to an internal draft document obtained by Axios.