Guide to the recall campaign against San Francisco Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Advocates for criminal justice reform have pushed to elect progressive, reform-minded district attorneys, seeing the office as a weak link in efforts to cultivate a more equal justice system and hold police and public officials accountable.
39% : Chesa Boudin, who was elected in 2019 on a platform of criminal justice reform but has faced backlash over crime and homelessness.
39% : He has refused to seek the death penalty or try juveniles as adults, significantly reduced the use of sentencing enhancements and sought to push people accused of low-level crimes fueled by drug addiction into treatment instead of a jail cell.

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