Achievements

Achievements Making San Francisco Safer and More Just

District Attorney Chesa Boudin is taking significant steps to make San Francisco safer and more just.

He’s prosecuting criminal acts, reforming the justice system, and preventing crimes by attacking root causes such as mental health struggles, substance abuse and addiction, poverty, homelessness, and the prevalence of illegal guns.

“I’m committed to equal enforcement of the law, and to a justice system where the outcomes don’t depend on the color of your skin, how much money you have in the bank, or whether you wear a uniform to work,” Boudin said in an interview.

Improving Public Safety

Objective data proves that DA Boudin’s comprehensive approach to criminal justice is improving public safety.

The data supports Chesa Boudin's record

August 22, 2021

How San Francisco’s DA cut the city’s jail population without jeopardizing public safety

October 6, 2021

California's progressive prosecutors are enhancing safety through reform

March 9, 2021

Promoting Equal Justice Under the Law

Economic Justice

Created innovative Worker Protection Unit to protect workers' rights
Filed an employee protection action against DoorDash for misclassifying workers
Filed an employee protection action against Handy for misclassifying domestic workers, who are disproportionately women of color
Ended our prosecutors' use of cash bail, which criminalized poverty

Combatting Racism and Disparate Treatment Under the Law

Created new policies to limit charges resulting from racist, pretextual police stops
Limited the use of gang and status enhancements, which have contributed to racial disparities in the criminal justice system
Invited all District Attorney Staff to take a racial equity pledge
Dedicated an Assistant District Attorney to prosecute hate crimes, and conducted trainings with the SFPD on gathering evidence necessary to prosecute
Hired new Cantonese-speaking victims service representatives to better serve our diverse community

Applying the Law Equally to Corporations and Officials

Settlement with Angie’s List for false background checks
Filed corruption-related charges against officials who abuse public trust
Secured $1 million settlement with Care.com for misleading public about their background check process

Police Accountability: Historic Police Prosecutions

Made history in San Francisco through his track record of holding police accountable when they break the law
Filed first-ever in SF homicide charges against an on-duty officer
Refiled felony charges against Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies who brutally beat an unarmed man in San Francisco
Revamped Independent Investigation Bureau to ensure police who violate the law are held accountable

Police Accountability: Police Reforms

Sponsored a resolution with Supervisor Shamann Walton to San Francisco’s Civil Service Commission to prevent the hiring of officers with prior misconduct
Created an internal policy to compensate victims of police violence just like any other victim
Created a policy to not charge or prosecute cases in which allegations rely on an uncorroborated word of an officer with prior known misconduct
Cosponsored SB 299 to compensate victims of police violence
Cosponsored AB 127 to eliminate barriers to police accountability, signed into law on June 28, 2021

In a first for San Francisco, DA Chesa Boudin charges police officer show shot Keita O'Neil with homicide

November 24, 2020

San Francisco district attorney looks for new approach to homeless, mental health issues

Jul 28, 2021

Why Cops Are Finally Getting Indicted in San Francisco

December 9, 2020

Additional Accomplishments

Community Engagement, Advocacy & Respect

Launched a Community Liaisons program to connect prosecutors to the communities and constituents they serve

One of the founding four prosecutors to form Prosecutors Alliance of California and advance critical reforms to promote public safety, victim rights, and criminal justice reform
Created first in California policy for prosecutors to ask and then use correct pronouns and names for every victim, witness, and person accused of a crime—and to make amendments to charging documents to reflect chosen names—to ensure that transgender and non-binary people in the legal system are treated with dignity

Reduction in Excessive or Wrongful Prison Incarceration

Created an independent Innocence Commission to review cases of possible wrongful convictions
Resentenced the last person on death row out of San Francisco, effectively ending the death penalty in San Francisco
Launched a Post-Conviction Unit to review excessive sentences (which has resentenced 51 people)

Minimizing Incarceration’s Impact on Kids

Launched primary care diversion program to prevent incarceration from impacting children and families
Committed to not prosecuting children as adults
Cosponsored SB 739 to support universal basic income to youth aging out of foster care system and prevent criminal legal system contact
Entered into an MOU with USF Law School’s Immigration Clinic to support a diversion program for unaccompanied children who are the victims of human trafficking

State Legislative Advocacy

Cosponsored SB 739 to support universal basic income to youth aging out of foster care system
Cosponsored AB 127 to remove barriers to police prosecution
Cosponsored SB 710 to cure the conflict that exists when prosecutors accept law enforcement union support and then make decisions about if and how to prosecute officer members of those unions
Cosponsored SB 299 to ensure victims of police violence are compensated like any other crime victim
Cosponsored AB 886 to support victims of hate crimes
Cosponsored AB 1452 to fund pilot program to compensate jurors

Gun Violence Prevention & Responses

Filed groundbreaking prosecution against 3 manufacturers and retailers of ghost guns to get these untraceable dangerous guns off the street
Created new initiative to get guns out of the hands of people who pose a threat to themselves or others
Assisted victims of gun violence with UCSF’s Project Wraparound program

Prosecuting & Preventing Crime

Improved retail threat prevention through new partnership with ALTO to coordinate efforts of retailers, police, and prosecutors
DA Boudin personally presented a murder to a grand jury to seek justice and clear Covid-related case backlog
Improved sexual assault prosecutions with groundbreaking toxicology testing

San Francisco District Attorney sues ghost gun makers

August 18, 2021

New program in S.F. would help remove guns from people who pose risk to themselves, others

June 4, 2021

S.F. DA Boudin and anti-gun-violence advocates to sue 'ghost gun' manufacturers