7/31/2023 0 Comments Sf scavengers![]() We might file amicus briefs in cases of significant public impact. For example, we might work with local city councils to help develop model policies. Separate but related, we are going to, doing advocacy work and that advocacy work can look a lot of different ways. We’re also going to be doing externally oriented education work, op-eds, podcasts, media engagement, convening public events more externally oriented work will be an important part of what we do at the center. ![]() What that means and how it’s balanced is going to depend a little bit on a few factors, but at a high level we’re going to be engaging with Berkeley Law students and Berkeley Law faculty to help shape and improve the curriculum and experiential learning opportunities available in the criminal law and justice space. What are you going to be doing? And how does that fit into the agenda of criminal justice reform?ĬHESA BOUDIN Well, we’re going be doing research, education, and advocacy, all three of those things. ![]() Talk to me a little bit about your new job. We caught up with Boudin this week for an interview, and he talked about the new institute, the crime situation in San Francisco, and the failures of the person who replaced him in the District Attorney’s Office.Ĥ8HILLS First of all, congratulations. Now, he’s back in the picture, with a new job, creating a criminal justice center at UC Berkeley School of Law. Chesa Boudin on the night of the recall.īoudin took some time off, and you can’t blame him for that. Meanwhile, we are seeing the same picture again, across the Bay, where the new reform-oriented Alameda County DA Pamela Price is under a media assault. The narrative of the city continues, harming local businesses and the tourist trade. Under Jenkins, violent crime has not declined. The recall was fueled by a radically unfair media narrative and $7 million in big money, some of it from Republicans, who with the tacit support of the mayor created a picture of crime out of control. It’s been a year since a small percentage of the voters in San Francisco recalled Chesa Boudin from the office of district attorney.
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