In California, big city DAs face shifting recall winds

Disgruntled voters in San Francisco and Los Angeles are seeking to recall their left-wing district attorneys, with the effort in San Francisco full of energy and momentum while the Los Angeles movement is trying to regain its footing.

In both cases, residents have seen crime rates soar during the tenure of a district attorney who has promoted the pursuit of “restorative justice” rather than more traditional law and order and who ran a campaign bankrolled largely by PAC money seeded by liberal billionaire George Soros.  San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and Los Angeles DA George Gascón say the recall efforts are political theater, funded and controlled by their opponents or conservative groups that fear their new approach… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)