The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is poised to hand new Mayor Daniel Lurie broad powers to address The City’s fentanyl and homelessness problems. Under an agreement announced and advanced by the Budget and Finance Committee on Wednesday,

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.