Chesa Boudin was San Francisco’s top prosecutor for less than three years. In that short time he became a potent symbol of a movement to rethink crime and punishment’s promise — and its perils.

Back in January 2020 when Chesa Boudin was sworn in as San Francisco’s district attorney, I called attention to the strange video of ardent congratulations that Justice Sonia Sotomayor somehow ...

City election officials verified that a campaign to oust progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin garnered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Campaign organizers submitted 83,000 ...

The effort to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has been a favorite cause of right-wing media for over a year “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander celebrates Trump's ...

In a negotiated stipulation, both the Ethics Commission and Cheng agreed that the group failed to disclose payments it made to a campaign spokesperson who was working to recall then-District Attorney ...

San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a heated campaign that divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety reform in the ...

San Francisco Republicans spent Monday morning whooping and applauding in Harry’s Bar on Fillmore Street, celebrating the return to office of President Donald Trump. More than 100 people gathered at ...

Both prosecutions were brought under District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who faces a likely recall election next year. A screenshot from San Francisco Police bodycam footage, moments before Officer ...

In California’s primary elections on Tuesday, San Francisco voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Gov. Gavin Newsom will face Republican Brian Dahle in November elections ...

The city is the epicenter of an anti-progressive movement—financed by the ultrawealthy—that aims to blur political lines and centralize power for the long term. For some, their ambitions don ...