San Francisco District Attorney's Office


The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the legal agency charged with prosecuting crimes in the City and County of San Francisco, California.
The current District Attorney is Chesa Boudin.

History

After the Consolidation Act of 1856 consolidated San Francisco as a city and a county, Henry H. Byrne was elected as the first District Attorney. Twenty-seven people have held the title since Byrne, including Boudin.

George Gascón (2011–2019)

On January 9, 2011, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed SFPD Chief George Gascón as District Attorney to succeed Kamala Harris, who had been elected California Attorney General in November 2010. Gascón was subsequently elected in his own right in November 2011. On October 2, 2018, Gascón announced that he would not seek re-election, citing his mother's health. On October 3, 2019, Gascón announced that he would resign as District Attorney on October 18 in order to explore a run for Los Angeles District Attorney.

2019 District Attorney election

After Gascón announced in 2018 that he would not seek re-election, San Francisco anticipated its first open race for District Attorney since 1909, with candidates Chesa Boudin, Leif Dautch, Suzy Loftus, and Nancy Tung entering the race. After Gascón announced his resignation in October 2019 prior to the November 2019 election, Mayor London Breed appointed candidate Suzy Loftus as interim District Attorney, whom Breed had endorsed in the November 2019 election. Loftus served as interim District Attorney from October 19, 2019 until January 8, 2020, when winning candidate Boudin took office.

Chesa Boudin (2020–present)

was sworn in as District Attorney on January 8, 2020.

List of San Francisco District Attorneys