Brooke Jenkins

• Office: District Attorney
• Election Date: November 5, 2024
• Candidate: Brooke Jenkins
• Due Date: August 26, 2024
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Table of Contents

• Your Goals
• Executive experience
• The Issues
  • Drugs
  • Staffing
  • Street safety
  • Theft
  • Victims' rights
• Personal
• Thank you

Your Goals

We'd like to get some details about your high-level goals and how you intend to use your elected office to achieve them.

Why are you running for District Attorney?

I have served as San Francisco's District Attorney for two years. Since taking office, I have restored the District Attorney's Office by hiring experienced prosecutors to work fighting crime and advocating for victims in the courtroom. I have met with residents, community leaders, business owners, youth, and elderly populations across the City to listen and understand their top concerns because I am committed to serving all San Franciscans. I have built and repaired previously damaged partnerships with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to move our City forward on public safety.

As a result, San Francisco is now seeing its lowest crime rates in a decade, while conviction rates have risen for the first time in 8 years. I have prioritized the top issues facing San Francisco: the drug crisis, retail theft, property crime, and violence against our AAPI and vulnerable communities. Under my administration, my office has been committed to ensuring consequences and accountability, and that is what I promise to San Francisco as District Attorney. While I am proud of the progress we have made, I know that our work continues, and I will continue to fight for public safety for all.

I believe with my vision, the San Francisco District Attorney's will be able to balance accountability and compassionate reforms in a manner that achieves public safety.

What is your #1 policy goal?

My top priority is reigning in the open- air drug markets and holding drug dealers accountable. It is unacceptable to me that for far too long fentanyl dealers could act with impunity as they peddled death on our streets, resulting in 2-3 drug-related deaths a day. Fentanyl dealers experienced free reign in the city during my predecessor's time in office, creating an environment where open-air drug markets have been able to seep into every part of our city with minimal accountability.

Shortly after taking office, I revoked over 30 lenient plea offers made by the previous administration that had not been accepted, and quickly got to work setting new policies and direction for how narcotics prosecutions would be handled by my administration. I created a new Narcotics prosecution team to aggressively prosecute narcotics cases and ensure that there are dedicated, experienced attorneys focusing on disrupting open-air drug dealing and holding suspected drug dealers accountable. My office has been filing pre-trial detention motions in the most egregious narcotics cases and those involving repeat offenders because of the extreme public safety risk posed by these drug dealers.

I have made combatting open-air drug markets and holding drug dealers accountable a top priority of my administration, and I have welcomed an all-hands-on-deck approach with partnering law enforcement agencies.

How will you build the coalition and political capital to enact your #1 goal?

Over the past year, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have ramped up efforts against open-air drug markets, and have begun coordinating with one another through a city-run Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (DMACC) and a federal operation known as "All Hands on Deck."

Felony narcotics convictions in San Francisco have soared this year, more than doubling the year-to-date figures from recent years amid the sweeping and ongoing drug crackdowns in the Tenderloin and SOMA. This spike in felony convictions was one product of a broader, interconnected push to increase punishment for San Francisco drug crimes, with the figures following similar increases in narcotics patrol staffing, arrests and serious charges.

I will continue to foster an all-hands-on-deck approach by partnering with the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco Sheriff's Department, the California Highway Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the United States Attorney's Office to tackle the open-air drug markets that continue to plague our streets. DMACC has been an extremely effective way to ensure that all City agencies are rowing in the same direction, and my office will continue to play a critical role to ensure that drug dealers are held accountable for peddling death on our streets.

Will the power of the office of District Attorney be enough to achieve this goal?

While the District Attorney's office plays an extremely important role, we are just one piece of the criminal justice system. Under my administration, narcotics cases are being properly investigated and prosecutors in my office are advancing public safety arguments to detain egregious drug dealers of fentanyl or repeat offenders selling this deadly poison, and requesting they be held in custody while their cases are pending.

Ultimately the Courts have been the biggest barrier for my office. Prosecutors are doing everything we can, yet we are seeing some dealers out on the street the same day. Repeat and chronic offenders are selling the most deadly substance we've seen in this city – and I hope that our judges take this crisis as seriously as it deserves.

What are your #2 and #3 policy goals?

My other policy goals are addressing organizing retail thefts and violence intervention and prevention.

Rampant retail theft is a source of deep concern for the residents and businesses of our City as it continues to have a major impact on our business community and the City's economic livelihood. I have made it clear that while we must prosecute all theft, we must also have a strategic focus on those that are prolific and serial retail burglars who have an outsized impact on our community in our City. These crimes demand accountability and we need to send the message to others involved in this criminal enterprise that my office will continue to pursue and prosecute those involved. No longer can we view retail theft as low level crime or less serious. It has decimated our retail and small business community in San Francisco. I will continue to tackle organized retail theft with law enforcement partners to identify, arrest, and prosecute organized retail theft rings. Last fall, my office was awarded $2 million from the State to fight retail theft. We are using this grant to designate one prosecutor and one investigator to focus on retail thefts full time to work closely with police on things like strategies to investigate retail crime as well as act as a liaison between the DA's office and the business community. I am committed to continuing this work.

Holding offenders accountable does not preclude us from moving forward with implementing vital criminal justice reform. I believe violence prevention and intervention is central to our mission in public safety. This is why I recently launched the Access to Hope Initiative and established the Youth and Young Adult Services Unit, focusing on prevention and intervention to build trust and create hope in communities affected by crime. Holding offenders accountable does not preclude us from moving forward with implementing vital criminal justice reform. Public safety is preventing crime in the first place. I look forward to continuing to build out these important initiatives with my team.

Will the power of the office of District Attorney be enough to achieve these goals?

As mentioned above, I will use the $2 million grant awarded from the State to fight retail theft by designate one prosecutor and one investigator to focus on retail thefts full time to work closely with police on things like strategies to investigate retail crime as well as act as a liaison between the DA's office and the business community. We have begun utilizing the new organized retail theft statute where the conduct in our cases calls for it to be charged. We are also seeking detention at arraignment for repeat retail theft offenders who are wreaking havoc on our stores, their employees and their customers.

If I am re-elected in November, I plan to keep my foot on the gas and build on the foundation I have established in her first two years in office. As the changes I have made to the office's approach take root, I am excited to see the results and expect even better outcomes moving forward. One specific area I intend to focus on is creating more opportunities for individuals who are re-entering society from incarceration. For me, creating hope and opportunity for those who have been held accountable is essential to preventing crime and keeping communities safe. Keeping communities safe has and will continue to be my North Star. While my office cannot achieve this goal on its own, we are committed to partnering with other agencies and community based organizations necessary to assist in creating a full re-entry infrastructure.

Executive experience

Please describe your experience running or governing large organizations, managing teams (including hiring, firing, and performance management), driving cultural change and clear communication throughout all levels, effective financial management (budgets, reporting, audit, etc.), and any other relevant experience.

I have served as the San Francisco District Attorney for the last two years. From day one of my tenure, I recognized that the District Attorney's office cannot successfully prosecute crimes unless the office itself is run effectively. That's why I have focused on hiring talented prosecutors, boosting office morale, and doing away with the inefficient systems left behind by my predecessor.

To improve how cases were managed I created new units to deal with the most complex cases in an efficient manner, ensuring these cases are getting the time and attention they need to be successfully prosecuted by more experienced attorneys. As a result of these changes, a greater percentage of the attorneys in the office are now assigned to handle cases vertically across all prosecution phases, from charging through trial. Having one attorney assigned to complex cases streamlines the litigation process from arraignment through the trial setting.

I established a new Major Crimes team to focus on the more serious and complex felony crimes such as select armed robbery and attempted murder cases. I also created the Vulnerable Victims unit to prosecute hate crimes and violence against elders. The VVU is staffed with prosecutors that have experience in conducting sensitive prosecutions for vulnerable victims. I also created a new Workers' Rights Unit to investigate and prosecute violations committed by employers against workers. This innovative unit, one of the first of its kind in the nation, focuses on civil enforcement of workplace law through California's Unfair Competition Law, as well as crimes such as wage theft and labor trafficking.

I also established an organized retail theft vertical prosecution unit with a $2,000,000 grant from the state. The grant supports the work of a dedicated attorney and investigator focused on organized retail theft, which has devastated small and large businesses across the City, hurt our neighborhoods, and slowed the pace of San Francisco's post-covid economic recovery.

Please describe a time when you had an underperforming subordinate and how you handled the situation, including (and especially) how you were able to increase their performance.

Note: Please remember that this questionnaire will be public, so do not include any personally identifiable information.

There have been instances in which personnel have underperformed since I took over as District Attorney. Addressing these types of issues does not have a one size fits all approach. We most often begin with a supervisor helping to improve the training of that individual and assisting with time management and other tools that will help to improve their performance. With additional training and support we have at times been able to see individuals' performance improve over time.

Please describe a time when your organization faced an extreme challenge and how you got the organization through it.

When I took over, I needed to rebuild an office that had been decimated by the previous administration. 62 of 130 lawyers had left under the previous administration, comprising some of the most experienced attorneys and our office culture was very divisive and chaotic. I have focused on hiring talented, experienced prosecutors, boosting office morale, and doing away with the inefficient systems and structures that did not promote successful case management. My first order of business was to rebuild my office from the top-down, starting with creating an executive team made up of experienced prosecutors who shared my vision for public safety so that we could hit the ground running. I've also been able to recruit and hire 12 very experienced prosecutors from the Alameda County District Attorney's Office who have made immediate impacts in our homicide, sexual assault and major crimes units - already securing multiple convictions for murder and rape.

I have worked hard to build morale and a sense of team within our office through consistent team building, office-wide events, including a holiday party, cultural heritage lunches, a fall family picnic, etc. Staff had been through four District Attorneys in five years and were feeling anxiety regarding the stability of their roles and of our office overall, and I have worked hard to calm those fears and promote a healthy and positive working environment.

The Issues

Next, we will cover the issues that voters tell us they care about. We hope to gain a better understanding of your policy positions, and we hope that you use this opportunity to communicate with voters.

Drugs

In your opinion, why are the open-air drug markets still functioning?

As I said previously, ultimately the Courts have been the biggest barrier for my office. Prosecutors are doing everything we can, yet we are seeing some dealers out on the street the same day.

Since I took office in July 2022, my office has been presented with over 1,900 felony narcotics cases and filed over 1,700 cases. As of August 17, 2024, my office has been presented with 563 felony narcotics cases and filed 483 cases this year. In the same time period there have been 151 felony narcotics convictions and 90 guilty pleas to another case.

As of August 17, 2024, there are more felony narcotics sales cases in Bench Warrant Status (829) than pending before the court (559). Bench warrants are issued by the court in cases where defendants who are out of custody fail to appear in court for a mandated hearing. There are 644 individuals with open bench warrants who failed to appear for narcotics sales cases who were released by the court. Of these individuals in bench warrant status, 146 of them have more than one open case. Eight individuals have four open cases and one individual has five open cases.

Repeat and chronic offenders are selling the most deadly substance we've seen in this city – and I hope that our judges take this crisis as seriously as it deserves. Up until recently, a majority of drug dealing offenders, regardless of how egregious, were being released at arraignment back out onto the streets despite my office filing motions to detain them in custody given the extreme public safety risk that they presented. As a result, the police were having to arrest the same people over and over again. We also need to make significantly more progress with public health outreach to those struggling with substance abuse disorder. Once we address addiction more substantively and more successfully keep dealers off of the street who are the most dangerous, we will see more progress out on the street. To the extent that we don't have an effective public health strategy for those addicted to fentanyl and other drugs, we will still have a demand on the street that attracts sellers to the Tenderloin area.

What must be done to shut down the open-air drug markets and stop the overdose crisis?

We need federal, state, and local law enforcement to continue to coordinate to effectively arrest and prosecute those selling drugs. But law enforcement is just one piece of the puzzle, and alone will not be able to shut down the open-air drug markets completely. There must be an adequate public health strategy to address those who are suffering from addiction on our streets. The criminal justice system is not the solution for the overdose crisis. We must be more aggressive in pushing people struggling from addiction into treatment.

We as a City must be on the same page regarding the public health crisis that is happening on our streets. We are averaging 2-3 drug related deaths a day – this is unacceptable. No longer can we enable open-air drug use by handing out foil and straws as drug paraphernalia, and we need to ensure that those who are responsible for enabling this crisis do not receive City funding for these resources. We need to break the cycle of addiction – not fund it.

Regarding the current interventions for the drug markets: where are they working, and where are they falling short?

See above

What is your position on first time non-violent drug dealing offenses?

Accountability with respect to first time non-violent drug dealing will depend on the individual facts and circumstances of each offender. We assess the type of drug, the amount possessed, whether the defendant has any prior criminal history and whether they were in possession of a weapon at the time of their arrest. On the whole, first time offenders should be treated differently than repeat offenders, unless there are aggravating circumstances in their individual case.

What is your position on repeat or violent drug dealing offenses?

Repeat offenders of drug dealing must have higher consequences and be held accountable. The egregious drug dealers, especially those dealing in fentanyl, can now face pretrial detention. As District Attorney, I am sending a clear message that dealing in deadly substances like fentanyl will not be tolerated.

What is your position on drug possession offenses?

Simple drug possession will be treated completely differently than drug dealing. We will work to ensure that those struggling with addiction will be diverted into our rehabilitation courts such as Drug Court and Community Justice Courts. I do not believe that incarceration is the solution for those who are suffering from addiction, nor is that really even an option under the current penal code system - which was a part of Prop 47 reform. I have worked hard to collaborate with public health to more effectively reach those struggling with addiction on our streets.

If you are the incumbent, what policies will you continue and which do you think need to change? If you are a challenger, what will you do differently from your predecessor?

Under my leadership, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office has prioritized public safety and tirelessly fought on behalf of victims of crime in and out of the courtroom while advancing smart criminal justice system reforms that do not compromise public safety. While there is still more work to do, San Francisco is making progress under my leadership. Since I have taken over, City residents and businesses have an experienced prosecutor at the helm, leading the charge to ensure that justice is delivered and that public safety is protected. Public safety challenges that seemed intractable a few years ago are finally being addressed and resources are being brought to bear to ensure we continue to make forward progress. Although the work to make San Francisco safer never ends, residents can trust that under my leadership the office is committed to prosecuting crimes — at all levels — and fighting for each of our diverse neighborhoods so that residents, workers, and visitors feel safe.

Crime rates are trending down. Look at the progress from last year which had the lowest crime rate for any period in the last ten years, except for 2020 when the pandemic caused a Citywide shutdown. Progress against property crime specifically accelerated in the last quarter of 2023 where, reported property crimes dropped 34% compared to the same time period in 2022, including: 16% decrease in burglaries, 41% decrease in larceny theft and an 11% decline in auto theft. So far this year in 2024 crime rates are continuing to drop. In the first quarter of 2024, property crime is down 32% and violent crime is down 14% compared to the first quarter of 2023. Car break-ins are down 51% and burglaries are down 17%.

Staffing

What will you do to ensure your office is sufficiently staffed with qualified prosecutors?

As stated above, I have continued to actively recruit experienced prosecutors from other counties and federal prosecutors offices. Since I took office, I have hired more than 40 attorneys.

My office is currently fully staffed, but additional resources are still needed to fill additional staffing needs to more effectively prosecute cases. During this budget cycle we sought additional paralegal requisitions due to the ever increasing amounts of case discovery that we must prepare and turn over to the defense.

How will you recruit new prosecutors to the office? And what do you look for in a prosecutor?

When I took over, I needed to rebuild my office with prosecutors who prioritize public safety over ideology. I brought back experienced prosecutors who left under the previous administration and the Gascon administration. I have also recruited top prosecutors from the Alameda District Attorney's office who believe in true and responsible public safety.

We are expanding our recruiting efforts to include outreach to regional law schools in order to conduct on-campus interviews, and to actively pursue speaking opportunities with cultural law student associations in order to encourage a diversity of law students and lawyers to apply to our office.

In hiring prosecutors, I most importantly seek individuals who display good judgment, integrity and who understands the need to have a balanced and fair approach to prosecution. We must have attorneys who adhere to the highest ethical standards and who understand the obligation that we have to consider fairness and justice to the accused, the victims and to make decisions that are best for our city.

How will you increase retention of prosecutors and other staff?

Retention is a top priority for my administration. We work very hard to create an environment where our attorneys and staff feel valued and can thrive. We have invested more resources into training our attorneys and victim advocates so that they feel more equipped and prepared to do their jobs. We are creating avenues for staff to bond more closely through office wide events and unit/division competitions.

Street safety

Sideshows, where drivers illegally take over roads and perform dangerous, life-threatening maneuvers while destroying roads and emitting noxious pollution, seem to be tolerated by police, with one recent sideshow on The Embarcadero resulting in no arrests. Why are these dangerous activities allowed to continue, and what will you do to change the status quo?

I have made clear that all crime is illegal in San Francisco. When someone is arrested and a case is submitted to my office that we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt, we will file charges and work to ensure that there is appropriate accountability. The issue with sideshows has been a policing related issue. They have struggled to identify mechanisms to curb this behavior in a manner that is safe for both the offenders and their officers. Thus, my office has not received very many arrests for this conduct. Since the passage of Prop E, the police department has been able to deploy drone technology to help them with combatting this illegal activity.

In a recent GrowSF poll, 38% of San Franciscans say that they don't think there will be any legal consequences for violating street safety laws, like speeding, running red lights, or running stop signs. What will you do to change this?

This is also a policing issue. My office is solely responsible for misdemeanor and felony crimes, not traffic violations.

Theft

San Francisco is still suffering from rampant car break-ins. Why?

Sadly, for far too long, San Francisco had a culture of tolerance toward property crimes, including auto-burglary. As a non-violent offense it was considered a low-level crime that wasn't taken as seriously in the criminal justice system. That caused the volume of such crimes to explode in our city. We are now trying to reverse years of that mindset and establish firmer consequences for this behavior. Changing that culture does not happen overnight, but we are seeing progress, as reported auto-burglaries are down nearly 50% in the last six months.

What is the District Attorney's office doing to stop car break-ins?

It's not just violent crime that is a priority and focus of my office. No longer do we dismiss certain crimes as victimless or view property crimes as a part of big city life. These crimes affect us all, our quality of life and for some who own businesses here, their livelihoods. Under my leadership, the DA's office works diligently every single day to restore our beautiful city to a place that is safe for everyone.

Recognizing the severe impact that auto burglary as a crime has had on San Francisco for many years now, my office is committed to ensuring that there are real consequences for those who commit this crime. I have repeatedly said that there must be consistent accountability for auto burglars to set a new tone in San Francisco that this conduct is not tolerated here. I supported Senator Wiener's proposed legislation, Senate Bill 905, which eliminates a gaping "locked door loophole", a senseless barrier in the law that would help car break-in victims get justice and hold auto burglars accountable. This legislation would ensure that there is accountability and consequences for those who are breaking our laws.

What will you do to stop car break-ins?

See above answer.

How can the city interrupt or shut down organized retail theft rings?

Rampant retail theft is a source of deep concern for the residents and businesses of our City as it continues to have a major impact on our business community and the City's economic livelihood. I have made it clear that while we must prosecute all theft, we must also have a strategic focus on those that are prolific and serial retail burglars who have an outsized impact on our community in our City. These crimes demand accountability and we need to send the message to others involved in this criminal enterprise that my office will continue to pursue and prosecute those involved.

No longer can we view retail theft as low level crime or less serious. It has decimated our retail and small business community in San Francisco. I will continue to tackle organized retail theft with law enforcement partners to identify, arrest, and prosecute organized retail theft rings. Last fall, my office was awarded $2 million from the State to fight retail theft. We are using this grant to designate one prosecutor and one investigator to focus on retail thefts full time to work closely with police on things like strategies to investigate retail crime as well as act as a liaison between the DA's office and the business community. I am committed to continuing this work.

What roles does Proposition 47 play in rates of retail theft, and what reforms would you like to see (if any)?

I have maintained that the spirit of Prop 47 was pure - seeking to no longer saddle individuals with serious felony convictions and prison time for low level, non-violent convictions. However, there have been unintended consequences. As retail theft has continued to permeate our stores and communities, necessary tools were removed from prosecutors preventing them from being able to hold repeat offenders of theft accountable.

Victims' rights

What needs to change about the support victims receive?

Under my predecessor, victims were not receiving adequate levels of service, attention, or care that they deserved. This was one of the reasons I was so dissatisfied with our former District Attorney's leadership, and something I have prioritized since taking over.

We are continuing to expand our community outreach through victim services so that residents understand what services are available to them should they ever become the victim of a crime. We have worked to embed victim advocates into high need communities like the Tenderloin and Bayview districts, in order to make services more accessible to the community. What needs to change regarding the level of support that victims receive is that we need to increase the number of victim advocates in my office in order to allow them to have lower caseloads and provide more individualized attention to victims. We also need additional resources for temporary housing for victims of violent crime who are no longer safe to stay in their homes.

What, if any, crimes would you prioritize when considering the needs of victims? How would you implement this and what would you do?

Physical violence against our elders has become an all-too-common occurrence, which is absolutely unacceptable. To address this issue, I have developed a Vulnerable Victims Unit which will handle violence against elder cases and hate crime cases. This unit is staffed by senior level attorneys who will be more prepared to assist in investigating these cases and conducting the jury trials as well. This, along with drug dealing - which is not a victimless crime - are priorities of mine to send a message to perpetrators that their behavior will not be welcome in San Francisco.

When, if at all, is it appropriate to charge children as adults?

This is a practice that should be thoughtfully and sparingly. I have retained the option for my office to seek to transfer to adult court, 16- and 17-year-old, in certain egregious cases of murder, attempted murder, forcible sexual assault, torture, mayhem and aggravated kidnapping, where they are accused of a heinous crime(s) that shock the conscience of the community. This policy, while not a blanket ban, is still much narrower than most with other District Attorney offices across the state.

Personal

Tell us a bit about yourself!

Why did you become a prosecutor?

I became a prosecutor after a personal tragedy. After working in corporate law for many years, I realized at that point that I wanted to serve my community and be an advocate for others, some of whom were the parents of murdered children and were coping with grief just like I was. I also wanted to bring a diverse perspective into the role of a prosecutor. Being half Black and half Latina, and growing up with a single mother, I believed that I could see defendants as more than simply a case file, but as people and treat them fairly and equitably while pursuing justice in my cases.

Why do you have an interest in being District Attorney?

I left my job in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office in protest under Chesa Boudin. I felt that he was putting his personal ideology first at the expense of public safety. I never thought that I would become the District Attorney, but after meeting San Franciscans across the City during the recall, many asked: "Why not you instead?".

I have now served as San Francisco's District Attorney for two years and have found my purpose in restoring public safety to San Francisco while still working to uplift communities. I am running for District Attorney because I believe victims of crime, regardless of skin color or economic status, deserve justice. Since the first day I set foot in the SFDA's office, I have dedicated my life and career to the pursuit of justice, to advocating for victims and to striving to make San Francisco a safer place to live, work, and visit.

Ensuring justice for all is particularly important for me since violent crimes like burglary and gun violence disproportionately affect marginalized and low-income communities. This issue is not just theoretical to me - it has affected my life directly. My husband's cousin was a victim of gun violence in San Francisco, from which he passed away. Every community deserves justice, and offenders who commit crimes and harm our communities must be held accountable.

I truly believe that I represent the balance between accountability and responsible reform that our criminal justice system in San Francisco desperately needs and that this has been demonstrated in my track record as a prosecutor in San Francisco since 2014.

What do you want to be remembered for, and why?

I want to be remembered as a District Attorney that assisted San Francisco in rebuilding itself and public safety while simultaneously making our criminal justice more equitable and allowing offenders to rebuild their lives in a positive way. I want to represent the truth that as citizens we don't have to choose between safety and reform.

How long have you lived in San Francisco? What brought you here and what keeps you here?

I have worked in San Francisco for ten years and lived in San Francisco for nearly three years. I moved here because I wanted to be closer to the community that I served and my family has truly enjoyed living here. Both of my children were born in San Francisco and I want them to grow up in this amazing and diverse city.

What do you love most about San Francisco?

What I love most about our city is how tirelessly innovative it is - whether it be technologically or socially, San Francisco is always at the forefront of groundbreaking policies and attitudes. It is a city that always embraces new ideas and wants to be a leader for the country in enacting leading changes in all areas of industry and government.

What do you dislike the most about San Francisco?

I no longer want to see San Francisco enable people to live and do drugs on the street. Like most parents, I want to raise my children in a city that teaches them core values. We must do more to help people better their lives and care for themselves rather than just providing them with drug paraphernalia, etc. to continue harming their lives on the street.

Tell us about your current involvement in the community (e.g., volunteer groups, neighborhood associations, civic and professional organizations, etc.)

I have been a member of the Bay Area Black Prosecutors Association, which is an organization helping to bring together Black prosecutors across the Bay Area to engage in professional development.

While I am not necessarily a member of numerous community groups, I am an active supporter of neighborhood associations all over San Francisco and often attend and speak at events.

Thank you

Thank you for giving us your time and answering our questionnaire. We look forward to reading your answers and considering your candidacy!