In 2019, Chesa Boudin campaigned on the promise to revolutionalise criminal justice. If prosecutions have indeed fallen since he took office, why is he now under fire?
was sworn in as San Francisco’s district attorney in January 2020, he once served as a translator for Hugo Chávez, the autocratic former president of Venezuela, and co-wrote a book about the Bolivarian revolution. Today Mr Boudin faces his own revolt—by voters. On June 7th the question of whether to “recall” Mr Boudin from office will be on the ballot.
If he has accomplished what he said he would, why is he under fire? He was not elected with an enthusiastic mandate, but defeated a more moderate candidate by a slender margin. His rhetoric and brash manner alienated many from the start. At his election-night party, people lashed out at the Police Officers Association, chanting “Fuck theToday, the relationship between Mr Boudin’s office and the police is about as cosy as an old jail cell on Alcatraz.
”, about how progressives are mishandling cities. Downtown, drugstores have closed or refused to stock goods on shelves, due to shoplifting. Rising murders, shootings and burglaries have led some people to avoid walking or driving around whole neighbourhoods.is especially controversial. The city has opened a supervised drug-injection centre in United Nations Plaza, just down the road from City Hall, contravening federal and state law.
The only other recall election of a district attorney in San Francisco occurred in 1917, and he survived the vote, says Josh Spivak, an expert on recalls. But polls suggest Mr Boudin’s odds are bleak. Some city officials have come out publicly to support the recall. Asian voters, who account for more than a third of San Francisco’s population, have cooled on Mr Boudin after his handling of several assaults.
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