San Francisco Mayor London Breed called a former prosecutor who campaigned against ousted district prosecutor Chesa Boudin to replace him, while on Thursday to voters that “there is a lot of work” to be done to make criminals responsible in the liberal city.
Breed appointed Brooke Jenkins as the city’s next district attorney after 61% of San Francisco Franciscans voted Boudin out of office during a June 8 revocation election. The former prosecutor left his job at Boudin’s office to campaign against his former boss.
Jenkins, 40, who is black and Latino, worked in the office for more than seven years before resigning in October due to “growing dissatisfaction” with the management of Boudin’s office, “he said. dir Breed.
The mayoress said she selected Jenkins, one of three finalists for the job, after discussing the post with opposition voters who supported Boudin’s withdrawal and wanted to “make sure the reforms do not forget “with the new district attorney.
“But that responsibility had to be an important part of the equation,” Breed said at a City Hall press conference announcing his selection.
Brooke Jenkins, a former prosecutor in Chesa Boudin’s office, has been named San Francisco’s new district attorney. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said he selected Breed for the job after talks with voters who were in favor and opposed Boudin’s withdrawal.
“We can and should have both in a city like San Francisco,” Breed continued. “It’s not just about locking people up and throwing away the key. That’s not what we’re in this city for.”
Breed said Jenkins, a native of the Bay Area, has the “necessary experience” to run the district attorney’s office and understands both parts of the criminal justice system.
Meanwhile, Jenkins vowed to hold criminals accountable by focusing on the city’s outdoor drug markets and “no longer being indifferent” to property crimes.
“As the next district attorney, I will restore accountability and consequences to our criminal justice system here in San Francisco,” Jenkins said. “Violent and repeat offenders will no longer be able to victimize our city without consequences. Hate crimes will no longer be tolerated.”
Former District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted in a revocation election on June 7 due to a rapid decline in San Francisco public safety during his tenure. AP
Jenkins will play his role until November, when he will run in a special election to determine who will complete Boudin’s term until 2023. He said he will work to “restore order” in San Francisco by holding criminals accountable while it will incorporate a “vital element”. and important reforms ”in the justice system.
“I know that together, if we stay together, we can make San Francisco a safer, stronger and fairer place for everyone,” Jenkins said.
Prior to the revocation election, Jenkins told the media that being a progressive prosecutor meant being “innovative in finding alternatives to imprisonment” while trying to make sure defendants did not reoffend.
Boudin, meanwhile, has not ruled out running again for work, and told the San Francisco Chronicle late last month that he became the scapegoat for the city’s rising crime rate. .
“Many of my supporters, endorsers and donors and Democratic clubs who were behind me are asking me to run now, or in 2023,” Boudin said. “I am committed, as I have always been all my life, to doing the work to support our communities, to fighting for a fairer justice system.”
With post cables