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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin serves as evidence that it\u2019s possible to be too liberal, even in the famously left-wing city.<\/p>\n
Polling shows that the former public defender is on the verge of being recalled in an election Tuesday after less than three years in office. Critics say his policies have fueled a culture of lawlessness marked by smash-and-grab robberies, auto break-ins and assaults.<\/p>\n
If the recall succeeds, Mr. Boudin<\/a> will be the first political casualty of a national backlash. Liberal prosecutors are accused of doing more to keep criminals out of jail and on the streets than to protect public safety.<\/p>\n \u201cThe dismal poll numbers we\u2019re seeing now for Chesa Boudin<\/a> are absolutely a sign of what\u2019s to come for the rogue district attorneys movement as a whole,\u201d said Parker Thayer, an investigative researcher at the conservative Capital Research Center.<\/p>\n In Los Angeles, an effort to recall District Attorney George Gascon has collected more than 500,000 signatures, well within striking distance of the 566,857 valid signatures needed by the July 6 deadline to force a vote.<\/p>\n