Chesa Boudin

No man is a monolith, but to contextualize you for others that will read this letter and not know who you are, there’s this: you donated $1.5M to Mitch McConnell’s 2022 campaign. I can only imagine the eye-roll that I rightfully deserve for condensing your rich, productive life to that…

After Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s recently elected progressive District Attorney was recalled (removed) from office this past June 7th, it seemed like everywhere in the nation, except for San Francisco, was shocked. How could America’s most progressive city remove its foremost criminal justice advocate? I watched as many of the…

Thinking Citizen Blog — Sunday is Political Process, Campaign Strategy, and Candidate Selection Day Today’s Topic: District Attorney Chesa Boudin — the San Francisco Earthquake of 2022 In 2019, the progressive, Bernie-Sanders-backed candidate for San Francisco District Attorney, Chesa Boudin, victorious against the Kamala-Harris-backed Suzy Loftus, seemed to be riding…

Chesa Boudin has been recalled as San Francisco’s District Attorney and y’all, I’ve never been happier or more proud to be a San Franciscan. Big shout out to Mary Jung, the campaign manager, and William Oberndorf, our proud Republican Donor that wrote those big, big, checks to make all this…

It’s primary day in California. For once there are no propositions on the ballot — hooray! And I don’t expect any surprise winners for statewide office. But I am interested to see how the recall of Chesa Boudin goes. Boudin is San Francisco’s district attorney (a position once held by…

Recently, my son, a straight-A sophomore at Cal, died. If you made a word map of all of the condolences I’ve received, “kind” would be the centerpiece, rising out of “funny, patient, and warm.” He died of an accidental overdose from drugs he purchased on the street in SF. …