Explore: $6M Poured Into Boudin Recall

San Francisco CA

24 May, 2022

4:01 PM

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By Will Jarrett, Mission Local May 23, 2022 Say what you like about the campaign to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin; it has been a costly affair, especially for those hoping to get rid of the progressive prosecutor. Some $6 million has gone to the recall campaign over the past 15 months, according to Ethics Commission data. The anti-recall campaign has collected a smaller war chest of $2.7 million. Taken together, the total from both sides is roughly five-and-a-half times the combined amount amassed for all other San Francisco measures on the June 7 ballot. Funding has been dominated by a small number of huge donations. That is especially true of the pro-recall camp, where money from a single political action committee (PAC), Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, accounts for 64 percent of the total funds. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.