Guardian:

Three years after San Francisco elected Chesa Boudin to be district attorney, the city’s voters removed him from office in the middle of his first term, in an extraordinary recall of a sitting prosecutor.

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Backed by ultra-wealthy funders, including a billionaire GOP mega donor, the recall supporters raised $7.2m and ran a campaign that blamed Boudin’s policies for the complex problems of crime, violence, homelessness, drug addiction and other challenges in the city.

The recall message won out in a low-turnout election on Tuesday, with initial results showing 60% of voters supporting his removal, despite a lack of evidence that Boudin’s reforms were causing an uptick in crime rates.

San Francisco, like cities across the US, saw an increase in homicides, but overall violent crime has decreased during his tenure.

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“People have been just completely bombarded by ads and years of fear mongering and sensationalism in the media about ‘rising crime’ and ‘San Francisco being unlivable’,” said Emily Lee, co-director of San Francisco Rising, a racial justice group. “Even though violent crime is down in San Francisco, facts didn’t matter.