A rise in unsettling crimes like shootings, home burglaries, and anti-Asian hate gave San Franciscans an overwhelming sense they weren't safe, and voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin this week. Now what?

Stop Crime SF spent six months pursuing a public records request to get case outcome data from District Attorney Chesa Boudin. After facing refusals and resistance every step of the way, we finally prevailed. Here’s what we found.

Will we hold deadly fentanyl dealers accountable in San Francisco? The human cost is a record number of overdose deaths. Yet police arrest the same dealers repeatedly while time in custody has plummeted under District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Read the data memo on drug dealer arrests released by SFPD.

San Francisco’s district attorney publishes a data dashboard called DA Stat. But there’s a problem. It doesn’t say what happens to cases beyond the filing of charges. This makes it difficult to measure Chesa Boudin’s effectiveness because the outcomes of cases — not mere charges — are what matter. And outcomes are a mystery on DA Stat.

A City Hall-commissioned study says police staffing in San Francisco is “severely inadequate.” Can we replenish the force with a new generation who embrace police reforms, are trained in de-escalation, and are truly committed to serving their communities?

Much of the publicly available crime data in San Francisco doesn’t tell the full story, especially when it comes to domestic violence crimes. Transparent crime data that is easily accessible to the public is essential for improving public safety.

Walgreens blames out-of-control shoplifting for having to close 22 stores in San Francisco this year. While theft affects the bottom line of businesses big and small, residents are also victims.

A recent NPR report suggests more community policing is a cost-effective way to reduce serious crime without “having to lock up a bunch of people.” It said research “supports the case for police reform while also reminding us why police are important for public safety.”

The result of the Kate Slattery case was injustice for both the victim and the victim’s advocate. Just when you think the case couldn't be more shocking or tragic, a longtime victim advocate in the district attorney’s office was fired after speaking his truth in open court.

San Francisco’s outdated and inaccessible criminal records request system is an obstacle to public safety. It leaves journalists and crime victims unclear about what is actually happening in our criminal justice system. Our court must provide clear records on demand for everyone — it is essential to hold officials accountable.

San Francisco lacks a fully interconnected criminal justice computer database that shares information in real time. Good data that’s easy to access can help residents understand what is really happening in our district attorney’s office, the police department, and the courts.

An interactive map of all burglaries in San Francisco from 2019 to 2021.

There are 52 superior court judges serving San Francisco. They are elected. Yet most voters have never heard of them. The judiciary shouldn’t be a mysterious Star Chamber. If you care about courtroom outcomes, it’s important to know who the judges are.

A lifelong Mission resident quit his job as a security guard at a downtown Target store because he didn’t feel safe. Rafael Gutierrez tells his personal story in this powerful video.

When a 94-year-old woman was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Lower Nob Hill home, local media in San Francisco named the victim and the suspect — but curiously never named a central figure in the story: Superior Court Judge Richard Darwin. This is a disservice to the public.

Ghost guns represented 16 percent of all firearms seized in San Francisco in 2020. Who sold the remaining 84 percent of guns that were used in crimes? That's an important question to answer if we want to address rising gun violence.

Here/Say Media interviewed the victim’s grandson, Jack Liao, who claimed the district attorney’s office kept the family “in the dark” while trying to convince his non-English speaking grandfather to agree to no prosecution.

Another troubling week for Asian Americans. The discrimination of the past century is a direct line to modern San Francisco, where violence against Asian residents was a problem long before the politics of a pandemic scapegoated Asian Americans. We must prosecute crimes and support victims.

A TV news crew reporting on increased crime is robbed of their camera at gunpoint. Before expressing outrage over this ironic property crime, we can’t ignore the violent and senseless killings in San Francisco recently — especially the numerous attacks on Asian seniors.