California is holding 10 statewide primary elections on Tuesday, but all eyes will be on San Francisco as voters there will decide whether to recall the district attorney. Chesa BoudinOne of the most progressive top prosecutors in the country.
Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
Some pollsters in the recall race say Bowden is in trouble and could lose his seat. But his team believes this is an effort by the Republican leadership that would not have happened without the contributions of wealthy political donors and Republicans. Billionaire William Oberndorf.
If the withdrawal attempt is successful, then San Francisco Mayor London Breed will reappoint the replacement until the November election. The person elected in November will hold office until the end of his term in November 2023.
“I agree with the spirit of some of the policies he has implemented, but where Chesa has failed is to completely remove the prosecuting discretion,” said Brooke Jenkins, a former murder prosecutor who left the DA’s office in October to join the recall movement. “We need someone who can improve safely and effectively so that everyone else in the country can see us. ‘Yes, it’s really working here, let’s try it.’
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Jenkins, one of more than 30 prosecutors who have resigned since Boudin took office in January 2020, told CBS News that the rest of the country sees San Francisco as a model for criminal justice reform. He added that “if it looks like chaos” and “victims have no voice in the courts” then voters elsewhere will “reject anyone seeking to participate in the reform platform.”
Bowden’s supporters have strongly opposed the claim. He says progressive reform prosecutors have been thrown out as scapegoats at a time when crime is on the rise in all parts of the country.
According to the FBI’s annual Equal Crime Report, the number of homicides in the United States increased by 30% by 2020. In California, the crime rate in Republican-voting counties is at an all-time high, according to an analysis by the Neutral Center in 2021. Juvenile and criminal justice. A recent study by the same organization found that the violent crime rate in Sacramento, where the DA has adopted a “hard-up-crime” approach, is higher than in San Francisco.
“But only progressive prosecutors are made to respond to crime rates,” Rachel Marshall, San Francisco’s assistant district attorney and Boudin’s communications director, wrote in a recent up-ad. “I still find myself attacking traditional prosecutors for increasing crime,” he added.
Baudin came to the office before the nationwide rally to defend the police and reform the criminal justice system. In March 2020, he was one of several officers pushing nationwide to release people from prisons and jails to help curb the spread of COVID-19 and charge murder charges against police officers on duty.
He also set up a commission to review wrongdoings and expanded the city’s victim service division by adding property crime lawyers and multilingual victim advocates.
“These policies have seen tremendous support, especially in the last three or four years, and because of that, there are powerful interests opposing them,” Julie Edwards, a spokeswoman for Bowden’s campaign, told CBS News. “They’re trying this recall mechanism because they can’t win head-to-head battles.”
Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
“This is a sign of the strength of the criminal justice reform movement that conservative status quo people must try to rig the game through recalls to achieve their goals,” Edwards said.
Republican commentator and former mayoral candidate Ritchie Greenberg launched the push in January 2021 to remind Boudin. A separate campaign organized by former San Francisco Democratic Party president Mary Jung began in April and sought to distance herself from the Republican campaign.
Greenberg’s petition did not get enough signatures, but the campaign led by Jung and Jenkins provided enough support to put the recall question – also known as Proposition H – on the ballot.
The pace commemorating Bowden picked up steam throughout 2021 Hate crimes against Asian Americans have risen dramatically in San Francisco And The victims blamed Boudin To support criminals. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online Car brake ins And Viral vandalism and robbery At major retail stores, this is claiming to be a common occurrence on the streets of San Francisco as a result of Boudin policies.
Statistics from the San Francisco Police Department show that robberies, burglaries and car thefts decreased in 2021 compared to 2020. The murder rate in the city rose from 48 to 56, while looting increased by more than 24%.
Edwards argued that there was no “connection” with some of the crimes and spikes in Bowden’s policies. “But if you believe this to be true, there’s no point in pursuing Chesa Bowden because San Francisco doesn’t have as high a crime rate as other parts of the state and there is a relatively small increase in crime. In some parts of the state with traditional or Republican district attorneys.
Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
But almost every major political group, including the San Francisco Democratic Party, the Northern California ACLU, almost all San Francisco district observers, several trade unions and local newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as dozens of elected officials and community leaders protested. Remembering Boudin.
California voters are very familiar with the recall election. In September 2021, Democratic Governor Gavin News Easily defeated Attempts by the Republican leadership to remind him. In February, San Francisco received overwhelming votes Remember the three school board members Due to controversial COVID-19 related policies.
In Los Angeles, organizers are now close to collecting enough signatures to force a vote back for their district attorney, George Gascon. Gascon, Joe He was elected in 2020, Previously served as DA in San Francisco. Her Resignation and subsequent steps Bowden’s way to the office was paved in Southern California.
The breed has not been officially weighed in the DA recall. In October 2019, Breed appointed Susie Loftus, former chairman of the San Francisco Police Commission, as interim DA following Gascon’s resignation.
In that November election, Bowden won 36% of the vote in the preliminary count, but San Francisco’s category-wise voting system led him to win the Loftus by less than 3,000 votes.
Last month, District Two Supervisor Katherine Stephanie became the first elected official in the city to support the return. Several political operatives involved in the withdrawal attempt told CBS News that the race would consider Stephanie a possible replacement.