Mission Local

To some S.F. neighbors, the city-funded Gubbio Project is a blight. To others, it’s a sanctuary.

“This is the first time that I’ve seen this kind of animosity.” 

by Abigail Vân Neely

When someone overdoses outside St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, the team inside is prepared. 

Staff at the Gubbio Project, a Mission District nonprofit housed in St. John’s on Julian Avenue, carry Narcan, an opioid antagonist, at all times. They say they respond to between three and five overdoses every week on the streets surrounding the church.