Soros-backed San Francisco socialist DA will be anxious to see if he will join the unemployment line next Tuesday. His radical agenda has led to a huge increase in crime. Once he was in office, one of the first things he did was to take his office’s focus from ending mass incarceration, the war on drugs, and the criminalization of poverty. He is expected to lose but that doesn’t take manipulation of the vote into account.
He has been in office for two years and it appears that people want him removed from office, and remember, this is an ultra-liberal city. The recall election comes as the crime rate in San Francisco has exploded and wealthier residents have hired private security companies to guard their neighborhood, while others would open their trunks when they parked so thieves would not break into their car so they could see there is nothing in their trunk.
A groundswell of activists led by a group called San Franciscans for Public Safety was easily able to get the 50,000 signatures needed to trigger the recall. It now goes to the voters to decide if they want rampant crime to continue or not.
Mary Jung, chair of the recall campaign said:
“It’s clear that San Franciscans have had enough and want a new course for our city — one that doesn’t include Boudin as district attorney. (Voters) have had enough of Boudin’s failed leadership.”
Boudin entered office with a bang. Within his first two days on the job, he abruptly fired seven tough-on-crime prosecutors. Before that, he vowed not to prosecute cases involving quality-of-life crimes, such as public camping, prostitution, public urination, and blocking a sidewalk. It was all part of his new lenient approach to criminal justice.
That approach has since soured with many residents, who have watched as the city has deteriorated as a result of rampant crime and homelessness.
One volunteer for the recall effort, Ron May, told KTVU-TV that Boudin’s office putting repeat offenders out on the streets has led him to support the recall: “All the victims, all the cases. We’re protecting the criminals. We’re not protecting the victims.”
