Healthcare professionals demanded we drastically reduce the jail population, so we listened. On Jan 21, the SF jail population was 1,238. On March 4, when the emergency was declared, it was 1,097. Yesterday, it was 766. Meanwhile, crime rates continue to decrease in SF.
No shit crime is down. Everyone is stuck in their homes because of the COVID quarantine. This is a unique, temporary phenomenon that has nothing to do with Chesa's releasing of criminals. Once the quarantine ends crime will shoot back up again.