Next question and it's a loaded one. Is San Francisco getting less safe? Boudin: "Some categories have gone up and some have gone down," he says. Overall, he says crimes are down by about 20%. We'll fact-check that one and get back to you.
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"So why is everyone blaming you?" asks Manny. "What do you make of this feeling that... there is a crime wave?"
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"Nothing is more important than making San Francisco safe," says
@chesaboudin. "We want people to feel safe in their homes. It's the thing that keeps me up at night, how we can continue to make it a safer city."2 replies 1 retweet 6 likesShow this thread -
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@chesaboudin has a few theories: 1) Social Media. "We just survived a horrific 18-month pandemic and most of us lived our lives through a computer screen." Twitter, Nextdoor were "our portals to the world."1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
Theory 2: "We saw a very different San Francisco than the one that makes us feel safe and comfortable." He says the problems of homelessness, drug addiction and mental health were much more visible.
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Now the conversation has moved onto policing.
@chesaboudin is doubling down on how it's the District Attorney's responsibility to hold the police to account in order to respect the profession. "They deserve their ranks to be free of corruption and coercive force," he says.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
"How many people think that Trump left us a virus?"
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Are you worried about losing your job? asks Yekutiel. No. Boudin says he just wants to do his job.
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Now onto the recall. Boudin believes that attention should be turned toward making change and criminal justice reform: "It's not made by $20,000 a day on paid signature gatherers," he says.
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Chesa Throwing sf citizens under the bus again. Never acknowledging the harm he has caused sf residents
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whoof. Sniffs shit out. For a safer SF.