now, you guys, we re looking here at a place where the city has essentially tossed out someone who embodied their ideals. the supporters of bodine say rolling back 50 years was never going to be easy or politically popular. we spoke to voters here, many who say they voted to recall him because they simply felt he was not doing enough to fight crime. this is a real bellwether for other parts of the country. if you look at los angeles and chicago, both of whom facing possible recall efforts, you know they have to be watching this very closely. jake, it s so fascinating that he was elected in 2019. you look at stats for say new york city, in 2017, 2018, 2019,
senate gubernatorial races as well. there is a few possibilities for surprises but yes, i think most of the action is going to be in california, 11:00 eastern polls are going to close there and the way things go in california, that first hour, first 90 minutes or so after polling close, we tend to get a ton of votes. so you re talking about one of the highest profile races we re going to be following today is right there, the city of san francisco. san francisco city is it is also san francisco county. the district attorney, is he recalled. bodine is saying this is a republican effort to get me recalled. he s likening it to last year s republican led effort to get governor gavin newsom recalled. san francisco voted 85% for joe biden in 2020. this is one of the most heavily democratic, one of the most liberal places in america. so if he s recalled it will be more than just republicans voting to recall him. and again, there is the possibility here, we ve had a
end of issue. it s the on the ground experience of voters here. as d.a. bodine mentioned there, auto theft is one of the top categories, that touches every category and economic strata of the city. he s suffering from a terrible lack of cooperation from the san francisco police department, which as openly spoken of real tension between his office, one that predates his time here, but right now there s a literal lack of cooperation between the two. so we really are looking at this big picture of real dysfunction when it comes to law enforcement and prosecution here in san francisco. the question now becomes, does this become a referendum on progressive justice reform across the country? the d.a. definitely argues this is within the playbooks of law
steve patterson, we ll look for you to do a replay, if you will, where rick caruso later. there s an umbrella i think cast over these, and this idea of crime that s out of control. how are critics responding to that? we d.a. bodine promised to rewrite the story that we ve been talking about since the 50s, because he basically says those tactics don t work. he basically created a new system, based on his experience as a public defender. he s part of this long new line of reformest d.a.s we re seeing.
streets and inevitably what you see are higher rates of crime. ashley: the teenager was convicted of poisoning a girl s drink and sentenced to juvenile detention camp. prosecutors describe that camp as less strict than military school and tougher than a summer camp. back to you guys. todd: not much. the fate of san francisco d.a. bodine. crime has riz know since bodine has been in office. elizabeth nang joins us earlier. 64% of san francisco democrats want him out, the drugs and homelessness is rampant. homicide is up 36% from 2019. todd: boudin labeled it republican tactics, you heard