In a somewhat irrational but consequential act of democratic revolt, San Francisco voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office on Tuesday.
Angry voters had every right to boot Boudin from office. It’s unclear, however, what will be gained from it. He did not commit any criminal or unethical acts. His overthrow will not affect the poverty rate, the crime rate or the SFPD’s arrest rate. In the end, facts and data didn’t matter. In a somewhat disconcerting public ritual, Boudin — like the literal scapegoats of Biblical times — became the vessel of our collective angst. San Francisco voters — most of them Democrats — have cast him out into the political wilderness.
He wasn’t technically wrong, but his decision to stand with Breed’s detractors was unwise for a DA facing an energetic recall. In the end, Breed’s “emergency” turned out to be more of a press release than a policy shift. Nothing much really changed as a result of the 90-day Tenderloin “emergency.” National press outlets will likely read the recall as a big reversal by Democrats in San Francisco. But due to The City’s goofy ranked-choice voting system, Boudin never had majority support here. He won a squeaker of an election over a fellow Democrat in a convoluted electoral process in which most S.F. voters probably don’t remember voting for him.
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