Dear John —

Today I’m writing to lend my voice in support of the thousands of San Franciscans who are calling for the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin.

For the two decades that I’ve lived, worked, and raised my children here, I believed in San Francisco’s potential to lead the nation and the world on issues that matter most.

But sadly, when it comes to our criminal justice system, San Francisco is failing–failing to achieve meaningful reform, and failing to keep its residents safe. We don’t have to choose between safety and reform. We can have both, but not with Chesa Boudin as District Attorney. And we cannot afford to wait any longer.

The District Attorney claims to be a progressive prosecutor, but his approach to domestic violence is taking us backwards. He has abandoned victims when they need our support the most. When I demanded domestic violence statistics, I learned that he charged only 13 out of 131 felony domestic violence cases brought to his office in Quarter 4 of 2020. The remaining cases? He dismissed them.

The District Attorney has said it’s not worth it to prosecute street-level drug dealers. On his watch, 1,300 people have died from drug overdoses in San Francisco. That’s almost twice the amount of San Franciscans who have died from COVID-19. Meanwhile, the District Attorney has failed to send a single drug dealer to prison.

We cannot deny what we see all around us. People don’t feel safe in our City anymore. And sadly, with Chesa Boudin in office, they have little reason to expect that to change.

To have any prayer of making real progress, we need a District Attorney who will put aside ideology, who will seek to listen rather than to be heard, and who will take the problems we face seriously.
That person is not Chesa Boudin.

Vote Yes on H by June 7.

Sincerely,

Catherine Stefani

http://www.supervisorstefani.com/