We can push them, but we can't control what they do. When it comes to police policy, I have effectively no power to directly control police policy or practice.
SFGATE: Have the numbers improved since you took office?īoudin: Not enough. The Obama Department of Justice did a major report on it. Probably no major city in America is worse. We know that in San Francisco, there's a long history of racial biases and who gets stopped for traffic.īoudin: No, but the numbers are far worse here. I really, genuinely believe that every policy we've implemented, every reform that I've tried to push forward, is going to make us safer. You ever worry that you drift into pandering?īoudin: I don't, and I'll tell you why. SFGATE: That's a tough line for you to walk, because you have to reassure people that they're safe, but not bow to cops or to affluent city dwellers who freak out any time they see a f-ing homeless person. Even in a city like San Francisco, where police tend to make arrests in only about 8% of reported crimes, we need to serve all victims, even in those crimes where we don't have anybody to prosecute.
#EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON TATTOO WINDOWS#
SFGATE: That's a better broken windows policy than the one I'm normally familiar with.īoudin: Indeed, yes, part of it is just a recognition. It went citywide because it was so popular. We got to talk about some of the concrete policies I've implemented, like our broken windows pilot that we did in the beginning of the pandemic, where our victim services division started reimbursing small businesses for their out-of-pocket expenses if they were vandalized or broken into. The interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.īoudin: I'm coming from the Mission District where we did a merchant walk.
So, prior to the June 7 verdict, I sat down with Boudin to get a better idea of how he finds himself on the brink of political oblivion, and if he deserves it. This is not easy terrain for any DA to navigate, much less a potential left-wing superstar who perhaps aspires to Squad levels of national prominence. He comes from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, and ran on a platform of reforming criminal justice within San Francisco - only to watch offenders he helped release commit violent repeat crimes, Fox News turn him into a socialist bogeyman, and San Francisco itself to experience a rise in brazen thefts that, in accordance with American tradition, were more than enough to make every tech exec and yuppie in town to clutch their Sweetgreen bags in mass panic. So they changed the survey so that respondents could tick off a C for Chesa instead of a Y for yes.īut perhaps greater miscommunications are the reason Boudin finds himself in this predicament to begin with. Boudin’s staff had to reword their surveys because asking people to reply YES to the question, “Can we count on you to vote NO?” results in no small amount of miscommunication.
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