OPINION: Chesa Boudin's loss had much to do with California’s chronic failure to deal with homelessness, mental illness and poverty. What his ouster wasn't, was a clear rebuke to the movement for criminal justice reform in California.
The June primary election in California conveyed a warning to Democrats about the political threat posed by rising public anger toward the increasingly visible poverty and disorder on city streets — in this case, San Francisco’s.
Democrats should heed the signal sent by voters here who directed their wrath at a neophyte politician. This vulnerability will persist in the wake of the recall because the city’s problems provide an irresistibly visceral way to portray the shortcomings of Democratic leadership. For some San Franciscans, there’s no better place to be than this Pacific peninsula with its amazing views, adorable neighborhoods and world-class culture.
There seems to be a growing sense of impatience and exasperation, a general “feeling” that the streets are unsafe, regardless of what statistics say. Newsom, as lieutenant governor, supported Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure that reclassified certain nonviolent felonies as misdemeanors and which some people have blamed for contributing to the disorder that has plagued San Francisco.
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