San Francisco mayor poised to pick tough-on-crime DA to replace Boudin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : She also touts herself as a gun violence prevention activist and uses her social media platforms to advocate for stricter gun control.
47% : Stefani also recently introduced a measure that could create a city office for the victims of violent crimes, even if the incident wasn't reported to law enforcement.
40% : 'This election does not mean that San Francisco has drifted to the far right on our approach to criminal justice,' Mary Jung, a chair of the recall campaign, said in a statement Tuesday.
40% : However, Boudin was elected on a platform of criminal justice reform and his notoriously progressive laws have been widely blamed for rising crime and homelessness in the Bay Area since the start of the pandemic, where brazen looters have been seen ransacking stores and breaking into cars in greater numbers.

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