San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin joined our weekly Monday Call and pledged to “keep doing the work I promised to do” and “fight the billionaire class” who are working to subvert his election by removing him from office.
Chesa thanked Our Revolution: San Francisco Berniecrats for powering his surprise win in 2019. Since his election, he’s shown the difference a people’s champion can make to create a more equitable and humane justice system by eliminating cash bail, refusing to assist ICE in immigration raids, and reducing the number of juveniles in detention centers by 75%.
“Children do not belong in cages. Not at the border. Not in San Francisco. And not on my watch.”
He’s also prosecuted bad cops and taken on the CEOs of “gig economy” companies that illegally misclassify employees as “independent contractors” to avoid paying a minimum wage, offering health care, or even providing PPE.
Not surprisingly, his track record has become a target for the power-protecting right, including Fox News, which reported on our Monday Call. Chesa has faced two recall efforts – the first, led by Republicans, failed. Now misguided corporate Democrats are taking their shot. Our members in San Francisco are working to stop this latest effort to subvert the will of the people and defend Chesa against baseless attacks.
