Under DA Chesa Boudin convictions are down and more felonies are ‘charged down’

This week the San Francisco District Attorney’s office released new data about his handling of various crimes while in office. The San Francisco Chronicle has a lengthy analysis of those decisions but the overall gist is visible in this one graph:
Things really are changing under Chesa Boudin in San Franciscohttps://t.co/3KWnABfrUt pic.twitter.com/BrGVCAWg2C
— Dan Kopf (@dkopf) March 4, 2022

The graph above is for all crime but the data also showed the results for specific categories of crime:

Digging deeper into the data the @sfchronicle released by the @SFDAOffice
Chesa’s conviction rates on felony assaults plummeted, especially in 2019 vs 2021. Offender who are attacking people on the street are just being dismissed, instead of convicted. (1) pic.twitter.com/l5nqMT4E9u
— Safer SF Without Boudin (@safersfnoboudin) March 4, 2022

When it comes to drug cases, conviction is now less likely than dismissal or diversion and the situation is even more dramatic for petty theft, which includes things like shoplifting and car break-ins. Look at the second chart below and you’ll see a pretty good explanation of why these types of crime are on the rise. Consequences are minimal even for the relatively small number of people who are arrested.

Wondering why retail theft, car break-ins, burglaries are out of control?
Conviction rates hit the floo …

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