Crime continues to dominate California’s Bay Area
Zachary Faria
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The crime problem is boiling over in the Bay Area again as the district attorneys responsible for Oakland and San Francisco continue to make decisions that range from questionable to straight-up pro-criminal.
Overall, crime has risen in Oakland, up 26% compared to last year. That includes violent crime up 11%, robberies up 14%, and motor vehicle theft up 33%. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, a reform “prosecutor” funded by leftist megadonor George Soros, is in charge of Oakland’s criminal justice system. She has repeatedly gone soft on murderers and other career criminals.
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Price has shrugged off all criticism because district attorneys have “really no impact on crime.” It’s a moronic argument offered by soft-on-crime prosecutors that is debunked every time a career criminal they let off commits another crime shortly after their release. The San Francisco Chronicle took this defense and went even further, implying that Price’s critics were actually just racists and not people who were tired of being assaulted and mugged.
That narrative was shattered just as soon as it was crafted. The Oakland chapter of the NAACP has called for a state of emergency over crime in Oakland, highlighting “our district attorney’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life-threatening serious crimes” as one of the main reasons. The regional chapter of the NAACP that oversees all of California echoed that message as well.
Meanwhile, San Francisco’s attempt to backpedal from the soft-on-crime policies of former District Attorney Chesa Boudin isn’t going so well, either. Boudin’s replacement, Brooke Jenkins, is no doubt an improvement. She has ramped up prosecutions of drug dealers, though that has led to her office ramming its head against the wall of judges who are enraptured with the same soft-on-crime mindset that has consumed the city.
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But San Francisco is still riddled with crime to the point that criminals are attacking mothers and committing robberies in broad daylight with little fear of recourse. Downtown San Francisco is being hallowed out as some stores have resorted to locking up their ice cream to protect it from criminals. And over the weekend, Jenkins followed this news up with the baffling decision to discharge charges against two suspects who crashed a stolen car on camera because the case was “very complex.”
At best, Jenkins is struggling in a city that isn’t giving her much help. But that doesn’t change that she and San Francisco are struggling. Price isn’t even bothering to pretend she cares about how terrible crime has become in Oakland. Both cities provide proof that you need a real prosecutor in the district attorney’s office and a city that is committed to addressing crime. San Francisco maybe fills one of those requirements, Oakland has neither, and both cities will continue to fail until those are fixed.