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Los Angeles DA Recall Closes In On Needed Signatures 50 Days Before Deadline

May 18, 2022 4:34 pmMay 19, 2022 4:19 pm

The Recall DA George Gascon campaign announced on Wednesday that more than 450,000 signatures have been collected as of May 13th, closing in quickly on the 566,857 needed and the safety goal of 800,000 that the group wants to submit...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About ‘Quality of Life’ Offenses

May 16, 2022 10:05 amMay 16, 2022 2:39 pm

Law enforcement concepts, like so many other things in life, tend to shift in the wind. Until rather recently, most of California had embraced a “tough on crime” approach – including three strikes laws and – in many jurisdictions –...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About Smash and Grab, Organized Looting, Shoplifting, and Personal Theft Crimes

May 15, 2022 2:41 amMay 14, 2022 4:52 pm

California makes international news almost every day. In the past it was mostly about Hollywood, Silicon Valley, the great weather, or some wacky new trend like intimate suntanning. But now the Golden State is known worldwide as a place to...

San Francisco Standard Poll Finds Support for Recall of SF DA Chesa Boudin Still High

May 12, 2022 12:33 pmMay 13, 2022 5:59 am

According to a new poll released by the San Francisco Standard and Embold Research on Thursday, support for Measure H, the recall against San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, remains high less than a month before the vote on June...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About the Gascon and Boudin Recalls

May 12, 2022 2:16 amMay 12, 2022 7:48 am

At a local level, District Attorneys in California arguably have more power to impact day to day lives and events than does the Attorney General. And nowhere have we seen the impact of this direct influence more than in Los...

Weather Underground Terrorist Kathy Boudin, Mother of San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, Dies at Age 78

May 2, 2022 4:29 pm

Kathy Boudin, the mother of San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, a former member of the Weather Underground, and a convicted murder resulting from a botched 1981 robbery, died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 78. Born in 1943...

Prominent Endorsements Fail to Sway SF Voters on DA Chesa Boudin Recall in June

April 28, 2022 2:35 amApril 28, 2022 8:10 am

In most races, endorsements can really bring in large swathes of votes. Endorsements by unions, religious, and other interest groups tend to be large enough to shift the balance in even larger races, while individual endorsements, such as those by...