San Francisco on Tuesday has voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety reform.
in a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety reform.
But his time in office coincided with a frustrating and frightening pandemic in which viral footage of brazen shoplifting and attacks against mostly older Asian American people drove some residents to mount a recall campaign of the former public defender and son of left-wing activists. "People have a right to be frustrated. There's so much room for improvement," Boudin said. In a one-on-one interview, Boudin said when he was elected in 2019, the COVID lockdown took effect only two months into his tenure, which seriously hindered the function of his office.
San Francisco has long struggled with open drug dealing, vandalism, auto theft and home burglaries. Political experts say the political newcomer who narrowly won in 2019 was in the crosshairs of outside forces that made him an easy target for public frustration.
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