Chesa Boudin
Brooke Jenkins left the district attorney's office to help recall prosecutor Chesa Boudin, and she has rolled back some of his reforms as interim DA.
Mayor London Breed has picked Brooke Jenkins, who quit Boudin's office in 2021, as the city's next district attorney.
The projected result marks a major setback for progressives who supported the DA’s mission of criminal justice reform.
If the recall of Chesa Boudin succeeds, it would mark a major setback for progressives who support his mission of criminal justice reform.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The San Francisco police crime lab's use of a sexual assault victim’s DNA against her in an unrelated case is being criticized by law enforcement, legal experts, lawmakers and advocates.
The practice could dissuade sexual assault survivors from coming forward, said District Attorney Chesa Boudin.
Voters in San Francisco will decide whether DA Chesa Boudin, who ran on criminal justice reform, will keep his position in the latest recall effort in California.
Progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin charged a former police officer over the 2017 shooting of an unarmed Black man, Keita O’Neil.
Newly elected progressive Chesa Boudin fulfilled one of his major campaign promises: eliminating prosecutors’ use of cash bail in all criminal cases.
Chesa Boudin, whose parents spent decades in prison, won despite his opponent Suzy Loftus being appointed interim DA weeks before the election.