2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election

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2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election
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Incumbent District Attorney

Chesa Boudin
Democratic



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The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election is a special recall election due to be held June 7, 2022, concurrent with the 2022 statewide primary elections.[1][2] If successful, the recall would remove incumbent district attorney Chesa Boudin, who was elected in 2019, and allow mayor London Breed to appoint an interim replacement who would serve until the next regular election for district attorney in 2023.[3]

The effort to recall Boudin qualified for the ballot on November 9, 2021, when the San Francisco Department of Elections certified that the recall petition had received 83,484 valid signatures, which surpassed the threshold of 51,325 signatures.[1]

Background

The recall election will be held within months of two other high-profile recall elections in California: an unsuccessful recall of governor Gavin Newsom in September 2021, and a successful recall of three members of the San Francisco Board of Education in February 2022.[4] In addition, a recall effort against Los Angeles County district attorney George Gascón is currently ongoing. Boudin's election in 2019 and Gascón's victory over incumbent Jackie Lacey in 2020 were considered "landmark moments in the nationwide 'progressive prosecutor' movement".[5]

Recall Petition

In the summer of 2021, there were two separate campaigns that sought to gather the necessary signatures in order to force a recall election against Boudin. The first campaign was spearheaded by former mayoral candidate Richie Greenberg, a member of the Republican Party, but narrowly fell short of the 51,325 signatures needed before the August 11 deadline.[6] The second campaign was led by Mary Jung and Andrea Shorter and had a deadline of October 25 to collect the same number of signatures.[7] Jung is a former chair of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee.[8] The second campaign submitted 83,484 signatures to the Board of Elections, which announced on November 9 that via a review of a representative 5% sample of signatures they determined that the number of valid signatures exceeded the required 51,325 and thus that a recall election would take place on June 7, 2022.[1]

Reactions

Boudin has repeatedly dismissed the recall attempt as a Republican-led effort.[4][9][10] The largest contributor to this recall effort and the 2022 recall of three school board members is Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, a political action committee based in San Rafael. The largest donor of Neighbors for a Better San Francisco in support of the recall effort is hedge fund manager William Oberndorf, a frequent donor to the Republican Party.[11]

Despite Boudin's claims, the recall campaign is led by Democratic Party activists and members, including local Democratic leaders Mary Jung and Andrea Shorter. 83% of donors to the campaign are from Democratic-registered voters or no-party-preference voters, and over 80% of donations coming from local San Franciscans.[12] A February 2022 poll commissioned by the recall campaign indicated that two-thirds of Democrats are in favor of the recall.[13] Meanwhile, on February 24, 2022, the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee voted by a margin of 20–2 to oppose the recall effort.[14] The two committee members supporting the recall were Suzy Loftus and Nancy Tung; both were candidates in the 2019 district attorney election won by Boudin.[14] On the other hand, several Democratic Clubs of San Francisco (such as the Chinese American Democratic Club,[15] the District 2 Democratic Club,[16] the United Democratic Club,[17] the Eastern Neighborhood Democratic Club,[18] and the Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club[19]) are in favor of the recall.

In a poll from May 2022, 53% of San Franciscans disapproved of Boudin's job performance, 18% somewhat disapprove, while 22% somewhat approve and 8% strongly approve.[20] Among all groups, Asian Americans and Hispanics were found to be the most likely to vote in favor of the recall.[21]

Funding

The pro-recall campaigns have relied primarily on large donations, with much of the money coming from real estate developers and investment, and one of its biggest donors is billionaire William Oberndorf.[22][23]

The anti-recall campaign is funded in large part by smaller donations, 51% of it from outside of San Francisco. Its largest donors are the ACLU and unions, and billionaire Chris Larsen. [24][22]

78% of donors contributing to the pro-recall campaign are based in San Francisco, while 49% of contributors to the anti-recall campaign are based in San Francisco. Donations from outside California comprise 4.1% of the pro-recall campaign and 24.3% of the anti-recall campaign.[12]

Endorsements

"Yes" (for recall)
Current Supervisors
Former government officials
Organizations
Newspapers and other media
Unions
"No" (against recall)
Current Supervisors
Former Supervisors
State Assemblymembers
Other former government officials
Individuals
Unions
Organizations
Newspapers and other media

Polling

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Yes
on recall 		No
on recall 		Undecided
Change Research (D) May 26–29, 2022 541 (LV) ± 4.5% 56% 32% 12%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] May 13–14, 2022 697 (LV) ± 4.3% 48% 38% 14%
Embold Research (D)[B] April 30 – May 4, 2022 1,048 (RV) ± 3.8% 57% 22% 21%
EMC Research (D)[C] April 27 – May 3, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 67% 31% 3%
EMC Research (D)[D] February 17–21, 2022 800 (LV) ± 4.4% 68% 32% <1%

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll conducted for the anti-recall campaign
  2. ^ Embold is the public-facing nonpartisan business unit of Democratic polling firm Change Research
  3. ^ Poll conducted for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, which supports the recall
  4. ^ Poll conducted for the recall campaign

See also

References

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  2. ^ "San Francisco Department of Elections certifies petition to recall the district attorney". sfelections.sfgov.org. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "The dangerous joke of the Chesa Boudin recall". San Francisco Examiner. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Progressive San Francisco district attorney to face recall vote". Yahoo! News. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Brownstein, Ronald (April 28, 2022). "Why California wants to recall its most progressive prosecutors". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "Original Recall Chesa Boudin effort fails to get enough signatures". SFist. August 11, 2021. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Jarrett, Will (December 15, 2021). "See who is funding the Boudin recall". Mission Local. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
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  9. ^ "San Francisco certifies Chesa Boudin's recall election for June 2022". San Francisco Examiner. November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
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  11. ^ "The Republican billionaire behind S.F.'s recalls". San Francisco Examiner. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Mapping the Money in the DA Chesa Boudin Recall". The San Francisco Standard. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  13. ^ "Poll: most SF Dems favor Boudin recall". KRON4. March 16, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d Redmond, Tim (February 25, 2022). "SF Democrats overwhelmingly vote to oppose Boudin recall". 48 Hills. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Current Endorsements". Chinese American Democratic Club.
  16. ^ a b "District 2 Democratic Club Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 7 May 2022. The votes are in! Our membership has voted on our endorsements for the April 19th election + June recall:- Assembly District 17: No Endorsement- Recall of Chesa Boudin: YES
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  18. ^ a b "Endorsements". sfendc. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Endorsements for 2022 SF Elections". Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
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