Chesa Boudin for District Attorney 2023

As a public defender, I work every day to provide equal justice for people who can’t afford an attorney. I'm running for District Attorney to make sure the criminal justice system works for everyone — not just the rich and powerful.

I am putting my agenda on the record. Watch it here.

My issue priorities include:

Test every rape kit. Treat sexual assault survivors with dignity and hold rapists accountable.
Stand up to Trump on immigration. Protect immigrant rights, stand up to illegal tactics by ICE, and keep families together.
Expand mental health treatment. Stop using our jail as an ineffective and inhumane mental health facility.
Eliminate cash bail. It allows dangerous people with money to buy their way out while poor people languish in jail regardless of how weak the evidence is against them.
End racist disparities. They plague every step of our criminal justice system.
End mass incarceration. 2/3 of people are back in prison within three years of their release. Breaking the cycle of crime and incarceration is the only way to make us safe.
Give crime victims a voice in every case. Justice needs to include all of us.
Equal enforcement of the law. Effectively prosecute police misconduct. Investigate and prosecute political corruption, corporate crime and landlords who break laws to exploit tenants.
Focus resources on serious and violent felonies. Two-thirds of the cases that go to trial in San Francisco are misdemeanors – a tremendous waste of resources.

Meet Chesa Boudin