E— Taylor Klahn (right) reaches out to hug Cheryl Mullins, a friend he met through a Hepatitis C awareness group, while walking along Haight St. on Monday, June 1, 2026, in San Francisco, California.

Klahn currently lives at Walden House in San Francisco, a sober living environment (SLE) facility offering residential and outpatient treatment for substance use disorders. Klahn himself has struggled with addiction on-and-off in the years following his time incarcerated. “I was into fentanyl; I died off of it too. I died like three times,” he said. As of June 2026, he’s been nine months sober and hopes to have a metalworking job before the end of the year after he completes a training program on Treasure Island this summer.