A California law that was supposed to provide safeguards against excessive prison sentences by giving juries the power to ...

I’ll leave it to others to debate the merits of San Francisco’s new district attorney Chesa Boudin, who (according to this San Franciso Examiner article) won election in the face of “intense ...

Given the focus of Bench Memos, I will leave it to others to explore the lessons to be drawn from San Francisco voters’ thrashing recall of progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin.

It’s not unusual for lawyers to criticize judges who rule against them. But San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins ...

City election officials verified that a campaign to oust progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin garnered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Campaign organizers submitted 83,000 ...

In an X statement from Jan. 31, 2025, DA Jenkins wrote, “This week a felony case for petty theft with two or more prior ...

It’s funny how narratives work. After San Francisco voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Washington Post columnist James Hohmann called the vote “the latest wake-up call for ...

an East Bay political consultant who worked on the unsuccessful 2022 campaign to keep San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin in office. In his three decades of political work across the Bay ...

In California’s primary elections on Tuesday, San Francisco voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Gov. Gavin Newsom will face Republican Brian Dahle in November elections ...

Up north, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is defending his record in a recall election with national implications for the the politics of public safety. Ballots are being cast in six ...