SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – There's just over one week until election day in San Francisco, when voters will decide whether to remove District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office.
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Boudin, who has faced recall efforts before, said this campaign, called "Measure H," is a distraction attempt as courts are just getting back in session.
"The COVID pandemic has shut down our courts and the two separate recalls I've faced in my first two years in office have also been designed to distract me and my team from doing our job," he told KCBS Radio in an interview on Monday.
"I want nothing more than to get back in the courtroom myself, roll up my sleeves, and start moving cases forward so that victims can have closure so that we can clear the backlog," he added.
Supporters of the recall said the campaign is a push to make San Francisco safer for all. They garnered 87,000 signatures to get the measure on the June 7 ballot.
"The recall does not offer any solutions, any candidates or any policy platforms. It simply offers spin and attacks and is propaganda," Boudin said.
Boudin claimed the campaign was pushed by big money from Republicans.
"More than $6 million that's been spent largely by Republican out of town donors to undermine trust and the work we're doing every day in the San Francisco Hall of Justice," he explained.
Boudin pointed out that, if he is recalled, it would still be a few years before voters could choose their next District Attorney.
"There would be an election in November of this year to see if the District Attorney keeps their job and there would be another election in 2023 for the upcoming 4 year term," he explained.
He said the backlog needs to be addressed and that won't happen if there's no continuity in the Hall of Justice.
"That's going to take work and it’s going to take voters rejecting this recall," Boudin said.
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