{"id":17902,"date":"2022-06-09T08:15:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T06:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=17902"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:55:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T10:55:32","slug":"17902","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=17902","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/jun\/08\/chesa-boudin-san-francisco-recall-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Three years after San Francisco\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/jun\/02\/chesa-boudin-san-francisco-da-recall#:~:text=elected%20on%20an%20agenda%20of%20tackling%20mass%20incarceration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">elected<\/a>\u00a0Chesa Boudin to be district attorney, the city\u2019s voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/jun\/07\/san-francisco-vote-chesa-boudin-recall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">removed him from office<\/a>\u00a0in the middle of his first term, in an extraordinary recall of a sitting prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">Backed by ultra-wealthy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/chesa-boudin-recall-17052312.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">funders<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/politics\/article\/William-Oberndorf-in-Boudin-recall-17059555.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">including<\/a>\u00a0a billionaire GOP mega donor, the recall supporters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/election\/article\/Chesa-Boudin-ousted-as-San-Francisco-District-17226641.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">raised<\/a>\u00a0$7.2m and ran a campaign that blamed Boudin\u2019s policies for the complex problems of crime, violence, homelessness, drug addiction and other challenges in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">The recall message won out in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalw.org\/show\/your-call\/2022-06-08\/san-francisco-ousts-da-chesa-boudin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">low-turnout<\/a> election on Tuesday, with initial results showing 60% of voters supporting his removal, despite a lack of evidence that Boudin\u2019s reforms were causing an uptick in crime rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">San Francisco, like cities across the US, saw an increase in homicides, but overall violent crime has decreased during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have been just completely bombarded by ads and years of fear mongering and sensationalism in the media about \u2018rising crime\u2019 and \u2018San Francisco being unlivable\u2019,\u201d said Emily Lee, co-director of San Francisco Rising, a racial justice group. \u201cEven though violent crime is down in San Francisco, facts didn\u2019t matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian: Three years after San Francisco\u00a0elected\u00a0Chesa Boudin to be district attorney, the city\u2019s voters removed him from office\u00a0in the middle of his first term, in an extraordinary recall of a sitting prosecutor. \u2026 Backed by ultra-wealthy\u00a0funders,\u00a0including\u00a0a billionaire GOP mega donor, &hellip; 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