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Did San Francisco have twice as many overdose deaths as COVID deaths?


PolitiFact s ruling: True
Here s why: San Francisco’s early and dramatic response to the coronavirus last year earned it praise as a model for fighting the pandemic. But during that time, was the city also experiencing a surge of fatal drug overdoses that far outpaced its COVID-19 deaths? 
That’s what Republican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley of Rocklin claimed on social media this week. 
San Francisco had twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths last year. This true state of emergency is met with political indifference if not encouragement, Kiley wrote on Twitter on April 26. 
Kiley has filed numerous legal challenges against Gov. Gavin Newsom over the past year, claiming the Democrat and former San Francisco mayor has overstepped his authority during the pandemic.  ....

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S.F. defense attorneys challenge evidence handled by ex-medical examiner lab assistant


S.F. defense attorneys challenge evidence handled by ex-medical examiner lab analyst
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The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner at 1 Newhall Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, September 23, 2020.Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
San Francisco public defenders are beginning to mount legal challenges to evidence handled by Justin Volk, the former Medical Examiner’s Office lab analyst now facing charges for allegedly stealing drugs from his workplace.
In the last week, defense attorneys in two pending DUI cases argued before San Francisco judges that Volk’s 2020 methamphetamine arrest and pending cases should be admissible in trial. Such information could be used to shred Volk’s credibility. ....

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