John Hamasaki for San Francisco DA

 

John Hamasaki is running to be San Francisco's next Independent District Attorney because he believes we need to hold everyone accountable — from those selling fentanyl in the Tenderloin to those selling influence at City Hall.

re: The billionaire Republicans just launched an attack ad

 

The Republicans funding Brooke Jenkins will do whatever it takes to keep her in power.   They want to maintain the status quo, they want to continue the war on drugs, and they want to block any real progress for San Francisco.   That’s exactly why they just launched a new attack ad against me. The billionaires funding these ads include Republicans like William Oberndorf, who has donated more than $6 million to Mitch McConnell and his GOP allies in the Senate. It includes San Francisco real estate developers like Mary Jung, a lobbyist for the S.F. Board of Realtors. And it includes Daniel O’Keefe, who was a major backer of the Republican David Perdue’s U.S. Senate campaign in Georgia.    Here’s the bottom line: The Republicans behind Brooke Jenkins are doing everything they can to block progress.    I’m running for District Attorney to offer the people of San Francisco an independent voice in the D.A.’s office.   But I won’t be able to fight back against their attacks without your help. Thank you,    John Hamasaki Paid for by John Hamasaki for District Attorney 2022   John Hamasaki for District Attorney 767 Bryant St #201 San Francisco, CA 94107 United States

S.F. Chronicle: Brooke Jenkins violated penal code by sending case docs before leading Boudin recall

I always knew Brooke Jenkins was corrupt, but I can’t believe what I just read in the Chronicle:   Days before leaving the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office last year, now-interim District Attorney Brooke Jenkins shared confidential information about a case that helped ignite the campaign to recall her predecessor, Chesa Boudin.   Jenkins used her work email to forward unredacted police reports and a rap sheet related to a vehicular manslaughter suspect named Troy McAlister.   McAlister’s case — and his criminal history before a wreck that killed two pedestrians — was used in the campaign to recall Boudin.   State law prohibits the dissemination of records such as rap sheets to people who aren’t authorized to receive them for official purposes.   UC Hastings Law School Professor and author Richard Zitrin said releasing protected information for political purposes would be a violation of the law and ethical standards.   “Anyone who took this record from the D.A.’s office and disseminated it publicly has violated the penal code,” Zitrin said yesterday.    “Prosecutors are law enforcement officers. They have to adhere to standards of confidentiality — both for the protection of law enforcement and for the protection of the criminal defendant. To take a rap sheet for the purpose of disseminating it in a political campaign is grossly inappropriate.”   “This was a fireable offense,” summed up a former San Francisco prosecutor from the Kamala Harris era.    Here’s the bottom line: We can’t let Brooke Jenkins get away with this level of corruption. We need an Independent voice in the D.A.’s office -- and with your help, that’s what I’ll be.    Thanks for your support,    John Hamasaki Paid for by John Hamasaki for District Attorney 2022   John Hamasaki for District Attorney 767 Bryant St #201 San Francisco, CA 94107 United States