A softball question to start.
Manny Yekutiel, the proprietor of @welcometomannys, asks Boudin how the pandemic has changed you as a person? "It's forced us to be creative and innovative in how we do our work... it forced me to learn how to cook sourdough at home."
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On a more serious note,
@chesaboudin says he took the past 18 months to "center" his criminal justice work on victims. In the wake of#GeorgeFloyd, he said he wants to make sure that all victims are treated equally under the law.
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Next question: What is something that you surprised in a good way and what is something that was harder than you thought it would be?
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Boudin: "I would say the negative has been getting things done during a pandemic is really slow. Even when we have great ideas... in the last 18 months it has been difficult getting everyone in the same room and on the same page."
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"It makes it hard for my staff to prosecute things effectively," said Boudin. "When I took office I inherited over 5,000 open criminal cases. On average they were over a year old. 20% were two years old. But we haven't had courts open to process them."
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The average age of a case is about double, says
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More on the backlog: "Every day my lawyers are going to 6 or 7 courtrooms," says Boudin. "Most of the time the judges say come back next week." "We're reopening... but it's going to be a slow and difficult process as we sort through a backlog that was already a massive backlog."
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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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