| That was the narrative that was presented. However, though the data made available by the DA's office is limited and flawed, I don't think the story is really borne out. 1 year after the recall, violent crime was up. https://missionlocal.org/2023/06/one-year-after-recall-viole... After a little more than a year in office, she had raised the conviction rate slightly, but had a lower charge-filling rate -- i.e. charged fewer things but won more. > in her first 15 months, raised the city’s conviction rate for the first time in eight years, according to data from her office. > Despite the reversal in conviction rates, it appears that Jenkins is taking fewer individual cases to court. Her charge-filing rate is about eight percent lower this year than last. > While conviction rates have risen slightly, the total percentage of cases charged, or prosecuted, by the DA has remained relatively flat. This also came with a shift towards more convictions for petty theft and narcotics, and less use of diversion programs. But given that the charging-filing rate actually decreased, I think this implies that other more serious stuff was being charged less. So the "soft on crime" guy actually was filing charges at a higher overall rate, and was prioritizing the more serious crimes. https://missionlocal.org/2023/09/sf-da-brooke-jenkins-revers... Note, I tried to view the DA data dashboards today and none of them even load for me. The article above shows top-line rates but not with a breakdown by the type of violation. |