After the Consolidation Act of 1856 consolidated San Francisco as a city and a county, Henry H. Byrne was elected as the first District Attorney.[1] Twenty-seven people have held the title since Byrne, including Boudin.[1]
After Gascón announced in 2018 that he would not seek re-election, San Francisco anticipated its first open race for district attorney since 1909,[4] with candidates Chesa Boudin, Leif Dautch, Suzy Loftus, and Nancy Tung entering the race.[5] After Gascón announced his resignation in October 2019 prior to the November 2019 election, MayorLondon Breed appointed candidate Suzy Loftus as interim district attorney, whom Breed had endorsed in the November 2019 election.[5] Loftus served as interim district attorney from October 19, 2019, until January 8, 2020, when winning candidate Boudin took office.[5][6][7]
Chesa Boudin (2020–2022)
Chesa Boudin was sworn in as district attorney on January 8, 2020.[8] Heavily criticized for his perceived softness on crime[by whom?], Boudin was the subject of a recall election on June 7, 2022. In the recall election, 55.05% of voters supported removing him from office.[9][10] Mayor London Breed, who had backed a more moderate Democrat in the 2019 district attorney race, named Brooke Jenkins, a former corporate lawyer and prosecutor in the district attorney's office as Boudin's replacement.[11]
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