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SF District Attorney: Why Police Officers with Prior Misconduct Shouldn’t Be Trusted

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|Date: July 28, 2020
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SF District Attorney: Why Police Officers with Prior Misconduct Shouldn’t Be Trusted

By Ayanna Gandhi SAN FRANCISCO – Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, wrote an article for the ...

By Ayanna Gandhi SAN FRANCISCO – Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, wrote an article for the New York Times on July 27, 2020, explaining why “[w]e shouldn’t trust the reports of officers w ...

July 28, 2020
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San Francisco DA Looks to Resentence Incarcerated People under New State Law

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|Date: July 20, 2020
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San Francisco DA Looks to Resentence Incarcerated People under New State Law

Ten days ago, legislators and reformers gathered at San Quentin to call for Governor Newsom to release pr ...

Ten days ago, legislators and reformers gathered at San Quentin to call for Governor Newsom to release prisoners in following recommendations from public health experts to stem the rampant outbreak of ...

July 20, 2020
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SF District Attorney Adopts Racial Equity Pledge to Combat Racial Injustice in the Criminal Legal System

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|Date: June 25, 2020
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SF District Attorney Adopts Racial Equity Pledge to Combat Racial Injustice in the Criminal Legal System

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced that, in an effort to ensure the staff in his offi ...

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced that, in an effort to ensure the staff in his office work to promote racial justice, he invited them to join him in taking a racial equity pledge ...

June 25, 2020
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Boudin Will Not Charge Cases That Rely on Officers with Serious Prior Misconduct

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|Date: June 16, 2020
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Boudin Will Not Charge Cases That Rely on Officers with Serious Prior Misconduct

For years, district attorneys working hand in hand with police have looked the other way and minimized po ...

For years, district attorneys working hand in hand with police have looked the other way and minimized police officers with spotty to bad records on officer misconduct and use of force. This despite ...

June 16, 2020
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SF District Attorney and Public Defender Unite to Release Incarcerated People Amidst COVID-19

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|Date: April 01, 2020
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SF District Attorney and Public Defender Unite to Release Incarcerated People Amidst COVID-19

By Lea Barrios SAN FRANCISCO--To prevent the spread of COVID-19, representatives from the San Francisco D ...

By Lea Barrios SAN FRANCISCO--To prevent the spread of COVID-19, representatives from the San Francisco District Attorney’s and Public Defender’s offices have written Gov. Gavin Newsom imploring the s ...

April 01, 2020
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Boudin Discusses New Policies Prior to Announcement

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|Date: March 01, 2020
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Boudin Discusses New Policies Prior to Announcement

On Friday there was a day conference hosted in San Francisco by the Justice Collaborative. The first pan ...

On Friday there was a day conference hosted in San Francisco by the Justice Collaborative. The first panel, where newly-elected San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin had a conversation with US ...

March 01, 2020
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Chesa Boudin Ends Racial Profiling and Status Enhancements Including Gang and Prior Prison Enhancements

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|Date: February 29, 2020
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Chesa Boudin Ends Racial Profiling and Status Enhancements Including Gang and Prior Prison Enhancements

SAN FRANCISCO - In a major announcement, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Friday announced that prosecuto ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a major announcement, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Friday announced that prosecutors in his office will end the practice of charging people for possession of drugs or other cont ...

February 29, 2020
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Bail Reform Doesn’t Mean Automatic Pretrial Release in San Francisco

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|Date: February 13, 2020
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Bail Reform Doesn’t Mean Automatic Pretrial Release in San Francisco

SF DA Policy: "Pretrial detention will be based on public safety, not on wealth." SAN FRANCISCO - Bail re ...

SF DA Policy: "Pretrial detention will be based on public safety, not on wealth." SAN FRANCISCO - Bail reform has become a centerpiece to the progressive reform movement of the criminal justice system ...

February 13, 2020
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SF DA Boudin Ends Cash Bail

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|Date: January 23, 2020
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SF DA Boudin Ends Cash Bail

San Francisco prosecutors will no longer request payment as a condition for pretrial release On Wednesda ...

San Francisco prosecutors will no longer request payment as a condition for pretrial release On Wednesday, Chesa Boudin fulfilled one of his key campaign promises as his office announced a formal pol ...

January 23, 2020
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Boudin Begins His Reform Initiatives with Primary Caregiver Diversion

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|Date: January 15, 2020
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Boudin Begins His Reform Initiatives with Primary Caregiver Diversion

Throughout his campaign for San Francisco District Attorney, Chesa Boudin was open about the impact of be ...

Throughout his campaign for San Francisco District Attorney, Chesa Boudin was open about the impact of being a young child of incarcerated parents and described what it was like on many occasions to v ...

January 15, 2020
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San Francisco DA-Elect Chesa Boudin Announces Transition Leadership Team

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|Date: November 23, 2019
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San Francisco DA-Elect Chesa Boudin Announces Transition Leadership Team

Advisors come with decades of combined experience in justice reform policy and implementation (From Pres ...

Advisors come with decades of combined experience in justice reform policy and implementation (From Press Release)- District Attorney-elect Chesa Boudin announced today his Transition Leadership team ...

November 23, 2019
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Chesa Boudin Talks about His Victory in San Francisco

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|Date: November 11, 2019
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Chesa Boudin Talks about His Victory in San Francisco

It remains unclear as to when exactly Chesa Boudin, the public defender who knocked off challenger Suzy L ...

It remains unclear as to when exactly Chesa Boudin, the public defender who knocked off challenger Suzy Loftus and two other candidates in a very tight race last week in San Francisco, will become San ...

November 11, 2019
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Boudin Takes Victory in SF DA Race

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: November 10, 2019
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Boudin Takes Victory in SF DA Race

By Danielle Silva With only 1,200 votes left to count, Chesa Boudin receives a narrow win over interim di ...

By Danielle Silva With only 1,200 votes left to count, Chesa Boudin receives a narrow win over interim district attorney Suzy Loftus in the San Francisco District Attorney race. As of yesterday, Boudi ...

November 10, 2019
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Update: Latest Tally Puts Loftus Up by 240 Votes in DA’s Race

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: November 06, 2019
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Update: Latest Tally Puts Loftus Up by 240 Votes in DA’s Race

Previous: Chesa Leads in San Francisco DA Race but Votes Are Being Redistributed By Danielle Silva The vo ...

Previous: Chesa Leads in San Francisco DA Race but Votes Are Being Redistributed By Danielle Silva The votes for the San Francisco District Attorney race are in, but the results will take a hot minute ...

November 06, 2019
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The San Francisco DA Race: The Campaign Issues and Candidates’ Stances

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: November 04, 2019
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The San Francisco DA Race: The Campaign Issues and Candidates’ Stances

By Danielle Silva The San Francisco County election for District Attorney is tomorrow - here are where th ...

By Danielle Silva The San Francisco County election for District Attorney is tomorrow - here are where the candidates stand on the following issues. THE CANDIDATES’ STANCES Bail Reform Chesa Boudin: B ...

November 04, 2019
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The San Francisco DA Race: More Campaign Issues

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: November 04, 2019
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The San Francisco DA Race: More Campaign Issues

By Danielle Silva Here are some other issues that candidates have addressed in the San Francisco District ...

By Danielle Silva Here are some other issues that candidates have addressed in the San Francisco District Attorney race. District Attorney Office Changes Chesa Boudin: Expand language access by increa ...

November 04, 2019
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The San Francisco DA Race: Notable Endorsements and the Polls

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: November 04, 2019
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The San Francisco DA Race: Notable Endorsements and the Polls

By Danielle Silva Here are some notable endorsements for the SF DA candidates and what the polls have sai ...

By Danielle Silva Here are some notable endorsements for the SF DA candidates and what the polls have said about the race so far. NOTABLE ENDORSERS Chesa Boudin: Senator Bernie Sanders, Philadelphia D ...

November 04, 2019
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Who Gets to Proclaim the Progressive Prosecutor Mantle?

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|Date: November 03, 2019
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Who Gets to Proclaim the Progressive Prosecutor Mantle?

Interim San Francisco D.A. Suzy Loftus claims to be a "progressive," but her long record as a prosecutor ...

Interim San Francisco D.A. Suzy Loftus claims to be a "progressive," but her long record as a prosecutor reveals an all-too-familiar path chosen by establishment-types who have little interest in disr ...

November 03, 2019
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The San Francisco DA Race: The Timeline

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: October 30, 2019
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The San Francisco DA Race: The Timeline

By Danielle Silva The November 5 San Francisco District Attorney election is quickly approaching - here’s ...

By Danielle Silva The November 5 San Francisco District Attorney election is quickly approaching - here’s the rundown of what’s been happening up until now. TIMELINE July 19, 2018 - Deputy Attorney Ge ...

October 30, 2019
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Chesa Boudin Announces Major Endorsement from Senator Bernie Sanders

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|Date: October 29, 2019
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Chesa Boudin Announces Major Endorsement from Senator Bernie Sanders

(From Press Release – Boudin Campaign) -- United States Senator and Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ...

(From Press Release – Boudin Campaign) -- United States Senator and Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders today endorsed San Francisco candidate for District Attorney, Chesa Boudin, with eight days le ...

October 29, 2019
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