It’s true that like in almost every city in America in 2020, some categories of crime went up in San Francisco in 2020, and I am still waiting for anyone to make a convincing argument that it’s because of the DA, or offer any proof that people stopped reporting crime because of the DA.

What’s interesting to me is that violent crime has indisputably not increased since Boudin was elected, yet his critics are constantly using the details of specific violent crimes as a rhetorical cudgel, insinuating that Boudin personally caused a wave of violent crime that simply is not happening.