The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the legal agency charged with prosecuting crimes in the City and County of San Francisco, California, under California state law. The current district attorney is Brooke Jenkins. Occupants of this office have gone on to higher elected offices...
Voters have recalled San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a blow to a national movement toward more lenient prosecution. Boudin was toppled by a campaign fueled by crime concerns...
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Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was recalled Tuesday in a blow to the progressive prosecutors movement. Voters strongly...
The former San Francisco district attorney announced on Thursday that he would not run to wrest back the seat he lost in a June recall election, averting a second bruising clash over...
See full results and maps from the San Francisco District Attorney recall election.
“Chesa Boudin’s failure as District Attorney has made San Francisco a more dangerous place to live and work,” venture capitalist and political kingmaker Ron Conway wrote in a December...
A man who shot and killed a passenger on a San Francisco subway commuter train will be charged with gun crimes but not homicide in what was “clearly" a case of self-defense after he was attacked wi...
U.S. News & World Report is seeking a preliminary injunction to block subpoenas sent by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu as part of its First Amendment lawsuit.
Climate Change · The San Francisco City Attorney and Oakland City Attorney Barbara J. Parker filed separate lawsuits on behalf of their respective cities against the top five oil and gas companies, asking the courts to hold them responsible for the costs of the infrastructure necessary to protect their cities from the consequences of climate change caused by their massive production of fossil fuels. Reproductive Rights · The City Attorney’s Office has worked with public and private partners to defend access to reproductive healthcare and en ...