San Francisco’s progressive district attorney will face recall election

Chesa Boudin vowed to change the criminal justice system but his progressive reforms have run afoul of law-and-order traditionalists

Elections officials in San Francisco announced a recall election against the city's progressive district attorney made it on the ballot.

The vote on the tenure of Chesa Boudin is scheduled for June 2022, giving residents a chance to keep or oust the former public defender who has been a prosecutor for less than two years.