Chesa Boudin (/ ˈ tʃ eɪ s ə b uː ˈ d iː n /, CHAY-sə boo-DEEN; [4] born August 21, 1980) is an American lawyer who served as the 29th District Attorney of San Francisco from January 8, 2020, to July 8, 2022.

Dec 16, 2019 · In 1981, when Chesa Boudin was 14 months old, his parents — members of the radical and violent Weather Underground — left him with a babysitter so they could take part in an armored car robbery....

Jan 24, 2024 · Chesa Boudin was San Francisco’s top prosecutor for less than three years. In that short time he became a potent symbol of a movement to rethink crime and punishment’s promise — and its...

Chesa Boudin is the founding executive director of Berkeley’s Criminal Law & Justice Center, a policy and advocacy hub. He served as San Francisco’s elected district attorney from 2020 until 2022.

May 31, 2023 · Chesa Boudin has spent his whole life grappling with incarceration and its far-reaching implications. As the founding executive director of Berkeley Law’s new Criminal Law & Justice Center, he sees an exciting opportunity to build on his work of transforming the criminal legal system in profound ways.

Jun 8, 2022 · Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the recall of San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin and the current political limitations of progressive criminal-justice reform.

Jun 8, 2022 · San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, one of the nation's most progressive top prosecutors.

May 31, 2023 · Nearly a year after San Francisco voters ousted then-District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office, the progressive former prosecutor is starting a new job as the founding executive director of UC Berkeley Law’s new Criminal Law & Justice Center.

May 31, 2023 · It was almost a year ago that San Francisco voters ousted their liberal district attorney, Chesa Boudin, in a recall election, as public frustration was growing over property crime and the...