SF’s 30-year-old Drug Court was intended for non-violent drug offenders to avoid jail for low-level drug crimes. So now the Chronicle reports that at Tuesday’s SF Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Matt Dorsey called for hearings into SF Drug Court, and its effectiveness. “Drug Court diversion is not — and should not be — a get-out-of-jail free card. But the reality is that state law changed; more cases are now eligible for Drug Court, so more defense attorneys are asking for Drug Court (and getting it). So in 2023, 180 defendants got Drug Court, whereas in 2025, 608 defendants got it.