elevating real estate developer and one-time republican to the november runoff ballot and the mayor s race with a vote still to be counted, caruso leaves congressman karen bass who was the heavy favorite. present biden setting voters set a clear message into tuesdays at primary spray. think about us a clear message last night, both parties have to step up and do something about crime as well as gun violence. kim strassel and dan henninger and calmness in manhattan institute senior fellow jason riley. so jason, the recall vote in san francisco very big what you make of the message being sent in those two cities? paul i think it is a continuation of what we have been seeing around the country. the largest city in america, new york rejected a slate of
alert, the people of san francisco have spoken, chesa boudin will no longer be their da after a decisive recall vote. 61% of the votes counted so far are in favor of removing boudin from office. the associated press calling the race just after midnight eastern time and boudin conceded shortly after that. listen. people are angry. they re frustrated. and i want to be very clear about what happened tonight. the right wing billionaires outspent us 3-1. they exploited an environment in which people are appropriately upset. and they created an electoral dynamic where we were literally shadow boxing. carley: the recall vote coming as san francisco dealt with a surge in violent crime, murders, shootings and property crime like burglary and shoplifting have soared since boudin took office. the progressive da vowed to find alternatives to incarceration while campaigning for the job
elected in 2019. now after a heavily funded recall and rising crime in this city and cities across the nation, san francisco voters have tossed him out of officer. the nation is watching. the progressive reforms that helped elect san francisco s district attorney in 2019 may have caused those same voters to toss him out of office last night. people should hold all of us to a higher standard. he pushes against what he calls mass incarceration. the successful recall vote was not a surprise. polls showed voters were concerned about a city in decline, homelessness and crime
sank their nest eggs in buying homes in places they don t want to live in anymore. los angeles s liberal d.a. george gascon will likely face a recall vote in november. petitioners have gathered nearly enough signatures to reach the threshold. new york times with the headline. san francisco and l.a. send democrats and the nation a message on crime. gascon has become a flash point in the case of the teenage hit and run drive who mowed down a mom and her baby in the stroller. they survived. a judge only sentenced him to a juvenile offender s camp for five months which technically is like summer camp. that mom and some tough words for gascon keep coming. sends a lot of messages. messages to criminals that it is okay to do bad things because we aren t going to punish you, we ll punish the victims instead. i m beside myself with the
their lives. an argument escalated into a shoot-out. three people killed and a dozen more wounded. dana: for more on the recall vote let s go to claudia cowen in san francisco. is there a wake-up call, claudia? well, clearly good morning, dana. this election is seen as a referendum an progressive policies with chesa boudin losing one of the most closely-watched election recalls in recent history. the former now former district attorney here in san francisco lost by a vote of nearly 60% to 40%. it was a heated campaign that divided democrats over crime, policing, and public safety reform. here in liberal san francisco. recall supporters cheered the results as proof that residents wanted change. while boudin blamed wealthy republicans for funding the effort to fire him, residents blamed him for the city s