In his veto statement, Newsom said he was instructing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to “convene city and county officials to discuss minimum standards and best practices for safe and sustainable overdose prevention programs.” Newsom said an unlimited number of injection sites could bring “a world of unintended consequences.” AP Newsom’s decision-making regarding the bill was scrutinized on a national scale as the Democratic governor is being eyed as a potential presidential candidate, despite his claims of disinterest in running. “…Worsening drug consumption challenges in these areas is not a risk we can take.” “It is possible that these sites would help improve the safety and health of our urban areas, but if done without a strong plan, they could work against this purpose,” he said. Newsom said he supported harm reduction measures, but argued that the risk of opening up major cities to the sites is too big. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Monday that would allow major cities to open legal injection sites. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco who authored the legislation. “Each year this legislation is delayed, more people die of drug overdoses,” said state Sen. Supporters of the bill, however, say safe injection sites have been proven to save lives as trained staff are able to intervene and provide medical care should a user overdose. “The unlimited number of safe injection sites that this bill would authorize - facilities which could exist well into the later part of this decade - could induce a world of unintended consequences,” he wrote in a statement explaining his decision.

The legislation was introduced as fatal overdoses have surged across the state and the country, but Newsom said he feared the facilities could negatively impact such cities. Gavin Newsom vetoed a state bill Monday that would allow Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco to open legal drug injection sites where opioid users could shoot up under supervision.

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