The Party May Be Over For Career Criminals in San Francisco
Chesa Boudin is out- and now so are 15 of his most progressive staffers. Are SF citizens getting what they voted for in new DA Brooke Jenkins?
“It’s time the reign of criminals who are destroying our city to come to an end,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed said in December.
In Breed’s estimation, it may indeed have come to an end with the recall of now former DA Chesa Boudin, who San Francisco voters overwhelming opted to fire in June. After the recall, it fell to London Breed to appoint Boudin’s successor until a new election is held in November.
Mayor Breed chose Brooke Jenkins, who, until recently, had been keeping the cards of her new administration very close to the chest. How serious would new San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins really be about turning things around in places which have gotten really out-of-control, like the notorious Tenderloin District?
The answer, it would seem, is “very serious.”
“New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins makes wave of firings,” reported the San Francisco Gate gravely on July 15, 2022. “Progressives call it ‘terrifying.’”
“Brooke Jenkins Begins Firing Chesa Boudin Hires, Announces New All-Female Senior Management,” declared the San Francisco Standard that same day.