by Lloyd Billingsley
Fires 16 members of pro-crime predecessor’s staff.
“Newly appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins,” the California Globe reports, “fired 16 people in the DA’s office on Friday, continuing her large shifts away from the previous administration of ousted DA Chesa Boudin.”
Named after fugitive cop-killer Joanne Chesimard, Boudin is the offspring of Weather Underground terrorists. When elected in 2019, Boudin proclaimed “The people of San Francisco have sent a powerful and clear message It’s time for radical change to how we envision justice. I’m humbled to be a part of this movement that is unwavering in its demand for transformation.”
Boudin transformed a city already plagued with crime and filth into dangerous conditions that San Franciscans found intolerable. Led by independent Richie Greenberg, San Franciscans booted Boudin by a 60-40 margin. Boudin claimed “the right-wing billionaires outspent us three to one,” but it was the people who tossed him. Questions lingered about his replacement.
San Francisco mayor London Breed picked former assistant DA Brooke Jenkins, 40, a University of Chicago law alum San Francisco hired as a prosecutor in the homicide division. She resigned last year and became an outspoken critic of Boudin who “is failing to prioritize public safety.” Even so, the people wondered how Jenkins (pictured above) would approach the task.
In short order she reversed Boudin policies and cracked down on illegal drug dealing. On Friday, she fired 16 members of the DA’s office, most of them appointed by Boudin or loyal to him.
“Today, I made difficult, but important changes to my management team and staff that will help advance my vision to restore a sense of safety in San Francisco by holding serious and repeat offenders accountable and implementing smart criminal justice reforms,” Jenkins said in a statement. The ousted Boudin cadres didn’t like it.
“After over 2 years of tireless and devoted service to the City and City of SF, I was unceremoniously fired without cause via phone by the Mayor’s appointed DA,” tweeted Arcelia Hurtado on Friday.“I am the highest ranking Latina/LGBTQ member of the management team at that office, the representative on the city’s “Innocence Commission.”