We need to consider Boudin's loss in California

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25. Progressive DA Chesa Boudin is out, which will solve none of San Francisco's problems

Still, those dancing around celebrating the recall of the 41-year-old San Francisco prosecutor that racists refer to as “Soros-funded” and a “Jewish communist” are seriously mistaken. And those arguing that Boudin is out of a job because his policies turned the town where Tony Bennett left his heart into a dystopian den of homelessness and drug abuse have gotten a few things wrong. First, there’s that phrase, “Even in the most liberal city in America …” Yes, San Francisco is heavily Democratic, but it’s also a place where mostly only millionaires can now afford to live. Key Democratic constituencies that are in short supply in the city include working families and Black people; only 5.6% of San Franciscans are African Americans.

First, there’s that phrase, “Even in the most liberal city in America …” Yes, San Francisco is heavily Democratic, but it’s also a place where mostly only millionaires can now afford to live. Key Democratic constituencies that are in short supply in the city include working families and Black people; only 5.6% of San Franciscans are African Americans.

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That’s just false; in fact, crime in Sacramento, where District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, a Boudin critic, rose even faster. Both violent crimes and property crimes fell dramatically during Boudin’s first two years as D.A. In 2020, homicides in San Francisco rose 16.7%. But that’s compared to an increase just shy of 30% in Sacramento, where Schubert cannot be accused of ever going soft on anybody. Despite a series of high-profile smash-and-grab robberies in luxury stores in Union Square, overall robberies have been down every year for the last five years in San Francisco.

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