San Francisco Crime Concerns Fuel Recall in Test of Liberal City

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Mayors such as New York's Eric Adams ran and won last year on a platform of strengthening law enforcement; San Francisco's own London Breed has promised to crack down on drug dealing and has proposed spending millions more on police next year.
45% : Gascón, who has been criticized for progressive policies such as his rebuke of the death penalty and elimination of cash bail, has said his critics are "fear-mongering." Larry Krasner, Philadelphia's progressive DA who won re-election after beating out a Republican primary challenger last year, said he sees efforts to eject Boudin as part of a broader push by tough-on-crime conservatives to enact their agenda outside of the traditional democratic process.
43% : Data show that progressive prosecution tactics can be more effective at reducing crime: Sacramento, which has a conservative district attorney, has a higher rate of violent crime than San Francisco, which has had a progressive DA since 2014, according to a study by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice.

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