SF News Boudin to Stop Prosecuting for Contraband Seized at Traffic Stops, End Sentence Enhancements SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin launched a bevy of new policy directives — among them the end of charging defendants for contraband procured during "pretextual" traffic stops — yesterday, aimed at reducing racial imbalances in our criminal justice system and mass incarceration.
SF News Chesa Boudin Withdraws Charges Against Man Who Allegedly Attacked SF Police Officer In December In a move bound to ruffle some feathers — one coming after Boudin effectively ended cash bails in San Francisco on Wednesday — the newly elected DA has chosen to hold off on the charges against a 24-year-old man accused of attacking an SF police officer in December.
SF News Chesa Boudin Lets Go Of At Least Six Prosecutors, Two Days After Being Sworn In Fresh off the heels of his packed swearing-in ceremony, San Francisco's newest district attorney is already shaking things up — or, rather, sweeping them away — firing at least six prosecutors yesterday afternoon.
SF Politics Chesa Boudin Swearing-In Draws Progressive Icons, Video Address From Justice Sonia Sotomayor Danny Glover, Angela Davis, and the ‘Last Black Man in San Francisco’ Jimmy Fails were on hand, with Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor beamed in, as Chesa Boudin took the oath as San Francisco’s 30th district attorney.
SF Politics Get Ready for the Chesa Boudin Administration — He’s Sworn in as DA Wednesday The Democratic Socialist and son of incarcerated radical activists hopes to change the face of San Francisco law enforcement, starting at his 5:30 p.m. swearing-in Wednesday.
SF News Boudin Will Not Prosecute Prostitution, Public Camping, And Other 'Quality-Of-Life Crimes' Once Sworn In Freshly elected San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, after taking office in January, plans to stop the criminal prosecution of consenting sex workers, public campers ... and people peeing on the street.
SF Politics Chesa Boudin’s Win Sets Off Twitter Wars, Uncertainty Over When He’ll Be Sworn In Depending on who you ask, new district attorney Chesa Boudin will either bring progressive reform to mass incarceration, or will require techies to don Batman suits to defend themselves from crime.
SF Politics Mayor Breed’s Brother Can Seek Reprieve In Manslaughter Charge, Judge Rules The mayor’s brother Napoleon Brown won the chance at a re-sentencing in his manslaughter conviction from 14 years ago, thanks to a ruling that just came from a San Francisco Superior Court judge.
SF Politics Danny Glover, Michael Franti, Other Somewhat Famous People Take Sides in San Francisco DA Race Chesa Boudin and Suzy Loftus are pulling in endorsements in the DA race, while Friday looms as George Gascón’s last day on the job.
SF Politics DA Gascón Suddenly Resigns, Mayor Breed Shivs His Successor And Installs Suzy Loftus The District Attorney’s office looks like an episode of “Succession” — literally — as Gascón suddenly quits a month before the election, and Breed power-plays candidate Suzy Loftus into the job.
