Ousted San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who was recalled two months ago, announced on Twitter Thursday morning that he will not run this fall to get his old job back.
who was recalled two months ago, announced Thursday on Twitter that he will not run this fall to get his old job back.
He also gave a nod to his father, David Gilbert, 77, who just came home from prison after more than 40 years. He had been a far-left activist who participated in the deadly 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored vehicle who was a member of the Weather Underground. His recall – and the progressive vs. tough-on-crime dichotomy – received national attention.
But his time in office coincided with a frustrating and frightening pandemic in which viral footage of brazen shoplifting and attacks against mostly older Asian American people drove some residents to mount a recall campaign of the former public defender and son of left-wing activists. San Francisco has long struggled with open drug dealing, vandalism, auto theft and home burglaries. Political experts say the political newcomer who narrowly won in 2019 was in the crosshairs of outside forces that made him an easy target for public frustration.
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