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    Politics San Francisco voters recall progressive DA Chesa Boudin over soft-on-crime policies

    By Brandon Gillespie , Thomas Phippen , Louis Casiano | Fox News




    Voters in San Francisco have chosen to recall embattled District Attorney Chesa Boudin following a recall effort centered on his handling of rising crime across the city.

    San Francisco voted to recall Boudin with 61%, compared to 39% who wanted him to stay as the district attorney, according to results at the time the Associated Press called the race.

    Boudin was elected in 2019 with 50.8% of the vote and was sworn in as San Francisco's 29th district attorney on Jan. 8 2020.

    He faced an onslaught of criticism over his progressive criminal justice policies as those supporting his recall pointed to an increased murder rate, violent crime, shoplifting, burglaries, and an open-air drug trade as reasons to vote for his removal from office.

    Boudin's supporters praised him for keeping his promises of eliminating cash bail, not prosecuting quality-of-life crimes and putting fewer people behind bars.

    He is the first San Francisco district attorney to be recalled, and only the second to face a recall election.

    After news of his loss, Boudin said at an election-night watch party that his push for progressive policies in criminal justice and prison reform was not over.

    "This is a movement, not a moment in history," Boudin said. "The coalition that we built… it is broad, it is diverse, it is strong. And it is a coalition that is deeply committed to justice," he added.

    Boudin blamed his loss on corporate interests who outspent him "three to one" as he fought against the recall effort.

    He also said he grew up in two worlds — one where he had every opportunity, and another in which he was "shackled to an existence mired in degradation and humiliation, one known to far too many Americans because of our addiction to caging human beings."

    His father, David Gilbert, a former member of the left-wing extremist Weather Underground group, spent 40 years in prison for second-degree murder and first-degree robbery charges before being granted parole last year.

    His mother, Kathy Boudin, who was also a member of Weather Underground, spent more than 20 years in prison before being released in 2003. Boudin was raised by left-wing activist Bill Ayers, who was a co-founder of Weather Underground.

    San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who in recent weeks has appeared skeptical of Boudin's prosecutorial work but did not endorse his recall effort, will select his replacement.

    Another recall effort is in the works against Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, and the organizers believe Boudin's loss should be a warning sign.

    "Tonight showed that voters from every community and every walk of life, regardless of political ideology, are rejecting pro-criminal policies that are masked as criminal justice reform," said a representative of the Recall Gascon Campaign. "George Gascón and Chesa Boudin’s failed social experiments have destroyed communities while doing nothing to meaningfully reform the system. If LA County voters sign and return their recall petitions, Gascon will be walking the same plank in the near future"

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    You next Gascón






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    To prevent crime you need to go back further into childhood. It's called psychology. Once they are adults it is lot harder.

    But what would a politician know...

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    To prevent crime you need to go back further into childhood. It's called psychology. Once they are adults it is lot harder.

    But what would a politician know...
    He comes from a family of criminals

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...sco-s-n1101071






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    Dumb Ousted San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin won’t rule out running again

    By Allie Griffin - New York Post




    Ousted San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said he won’t rule out running again for the city’s top prosecutor after he was voted out of the job in a recall election earlier this month.

    Boudin told the San Francisco Chronicle another run for DA is not out of the question in his first interview since 61% of San Franciscans voted him out of office on June 8.

    “A lot of my supporters and endorsements and donors and Democratic clubs that were behind me are urging me to run now, or in 2023,” Boudin said. “I’m committed, as I always have been my entire life, to doing the work to support our communities, to fight for a fairer system of justice.”

    Residents in support of the recall effort disapproved of the progressive district attorney’s soft-on-crime policies which they said led to a surge in shameless shoplifting, car break-ins and rampant, open-air drug dealing.

    But Boudin told the Chronicle he became the scapegoat for everything plaguing the city.

    “I was only in office for two months with our courts functioning at their normal capacity. And despite that, I was attacked for literally everything that’s wrong in the city, things that have been wrong for decades,” he said. “And so when you put it in that context, I’m actually really proud of the fact that we won a lot more votes in 2022 than we did in 2019.”



    Boudin, a former public defender and the son of convicted Weather Underground terrorists, won 50.8% of the vote in 2019 and was sworn in as San Francisco District Attorney on Jan. 8, 2020.

    During his campaign, he vowed to reform a criminal justice system that he called historically racist and unfair. Once in office, he introduced prohibitions on seeking cash bail, prosecuting juveniles as adults and seeking tougher sentences under California’s anti-gang or “three strikes” laws.

    Boudin, 41, is expected to vacate office within 10 days.

    San Francisco Mayor London Breed has not yet named an interim replacement.

    A special election for the open seat will be scheduled for November, which Boudin could contend for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches View Post
    He comes from a family of criminals

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...sco-s-n1101071


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