VOL 120, Issue 9 - November 10th, 2022

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STAFF EDITORIAL
PUBLIC SAFETY MUST GO HAND-IN-HAND
WITH RACIAL JUSTICE
GRAPHIC BY DOMINIQUE CADENAS CALVO/SF FOGHORN
At the time of writing, we are
entering into the Nov. 8 general election,
which will decide, among other
things, the fate of the San Francisco
District Attorney office. Vying for
the position are four candidates of
varying experience and background:
Brooke Jenkins, John Hamasaki, Joe
Alioto Veronese, and Maurice Chenier.
Whoever is elected will bear the
responsibility of increasing public
safety, actively listening to the public,
and enacting criminal justice reform.
Given the immense influence of the
role, it is imperative that San Franciscans
hold the new DA accountable to
promises of criminal justice reform.
The Thurgood Marshall Institute
lists the DA’s powers, including
the power to investigate accusations
of crime and bring charges, as well as the power
to review old cases for possible wrongful conviction.
The DA can also create alternatives to incarceration
and create “specialized units” to address
“prevalent issues within the community.”
This means the DA can address the root causes
of crime, as opposed to defaulting to policing and
mass incarceration.
In 2020, under then-DA Chesa Boudin, the
DA’s office established the San Francisco Restorative
Justice Collaborative. According to their
website, the collaborative aims to “repair the relationship
between the Asian American and African
American communities in San Francisco,”
and to “generate long term healing, rather than a
band-aid response to high-profile incidents.” The
collaboration works with several youth outreach
programs and community organizations.
The role of DA is a tightrope of balancing
differing views on how to achieve criminal justice.
Despite the progress Boudin’s office made
with the collaborative, his term came to an
abrupt end with the 2022 special recall election.
Only 46% of San Francisco’s eligible voters
showed up to the polls for the recall, and of those
voters 55% voted in favor of ousting Boudin.
Mayor London Breed appointed Brooke Jenkins
as the interim DA in his place.
Jenkins is facing a mix of support and backlash
over the ambiguities of her stance on criminal
justice reform. Upon starting in the role of
DA, Jenkins said she was “progressive,” but in
the same breath advocated for policies known
to disproportionately penalize low-income folks
and people of color. These include giving prosecutors
the discretion to charge juvenile offenders as
adults and the power to request cash bail as well
as gang enhancements.
Given the blatant racial disparities within
San Francisco’s justice system, the city needs a
DA that prioritizes racial justice. According to research
conducted by the San Francisco City and
County Safety and Justice Challenge Innovation
Fund, the per capita rate of incarceration for
Black people in San Francisco is 17 times higher
than white people — with men of color typically
receiving longer sentences than their white counterparts.
Over this past year, we have seen the ways
voting and petitioning for recall has impacted
the DA’s office. Most recently, protestors at San
Francisco State University caused Jenkins to leave
a debate over her perceived decision to delay the
trial of SF police officer Chris Samayoa, who
is facing manslaughter charges for the death of
Keita O’Neil.
San Franciscans must stay committed to
holding the DA accountable and driving forward
change. While the conversation around racial
justice and criminal reform often ends in a stalemate,
we should expect the DA’s office to take
concrete steps to ensure equity.
CORRECTIONS FROM OCT. 27TH & NOV.
3RD ISSUES:
NOV 3:
“USF announces new data ethics fellows:”
Savannah Dewberry conducted the survey of USF
students for feedback on data collection.
“ASUSF Senate resolution promotes menstrual
product accessibility:” Sofia Fontana, the social
justice chair of the Senate’s advocacy committee,
was misattributed as the Senate’s pre-medicine
representative.
OCT 27:
“Get to know Provost Oparah:” Erin Brigham’s
name was misspelled.
“Masks become optional on the Hilltop:” Morgan
Brumm’s name was misspelled.
“The world needs traditional ecological knowledge:”
information about Dr. Gregory Cajete’s
research was drawn from “Earthzine.”
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