San Francisco District Attorney's Office

Prosecutors will no longer charge people with the possession of contraband resulting from stop-and-frisk style pretextual searches or make use of status-based sentencing enhancements such as prior strikes or alleged gang affiliation status, except in extraordinary circumstances.

San Francisco’s new district attorney Chesa Boudin has withdrawn charges against a man accused of attacking two police officers in the Mission District in December, a move that has drawn harsh criticism from the head of the police union.

San Francisco’s new district attorney Chesa Boudin has withdrawn charges against a man accused of attacking two police officers in the Mission District in December, a move that has drawn harsh criticism from the head of the police union. Sergio Quintana reports.

Newly-elected San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin spoke out Monday after firing a half-dozen prosecutors just days into the job. Boudin was sworn in last Wednesday. Two days later, he fired at least six of the department’s attorneys, including the head of the homicide unit and the manager of the gang unit. “It should not come as a surprise...

After only two days on the job, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin fired seven prosecutors, one of them with 30 years of experience and many of them seasoned attorneys who have been working to get criminals off the street.

After only two days on the job, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin fired seven prosecutors, one of them with 30 years of experience and many of them seasoned attorneys who have been working to get criminals off the street. Cheryl Hurd reports.

A San Francisco sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an aggressive dog while trying to serve a no-bail arrest warrant late Thursday morning, a sheriff’s department spokeswoman said.

A homeless man accused of attacking a woman outside her San Francisco condo has been denied bail, a judge ruled Thursday.

A case against a San Francisco transient accused of assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats is set to be dismissed on Wednesday, the Office of the San Francisco Public Defender said.

A San Francisco transient caught on security video attacking a woman outside her condominium lobby nine days ago was back in court Tuesday facing new charges, and this time, he will remain in jail.

A San Francisco transient caught on security video attacking a woman outside her condominium lobby nine days ago was back in court Tuesday facing new charges, and this time, he will remain in jail. Thom Jensen reports.

After seeing surveillance video of a homeless man attacking a woman outside her apartment building last Sunday, the same San Francisco judge who had previously released the man ordered that he be placed under electronic monitoring on Friday.

The San Francisco judge whose decision to release the suspect in a recent attack at an Embarcadero condo complex has reconsidered and is now ordering the suspect to wear an ankle monitor. She said the video evidence was not presented to her at the initial hearing. The district attorney’s office said that presenting video at such hearings is uncommon. Sergio...

The man arrested in the Monday morning attack of a woman outside her condominium building in San Francisco’s Embarcadero was released from custody and was not required to wear a monitoring device.

The man arrested in the Monday morning attack of a woman outside her condominium building in San Francisco’s Embarcadero was released from custody and was not required to wear a monitoring device. Jean Elle reports.

The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday it will not charge two police officers for killing a young man during a shootout inside a Excelsior District barbershop in 2018.

A man accused of forcing an elderly woman into his home and sexually assaulting her for hours earlier this month in San Francisco’s Crocker-Amazon neighborhood pleaded not guilty to his charges Thursday in court.

A man accused of forcing an elderly woman into his home and sexually assaulting her for hours earlier this month in San Francisco’s Crocker-Amazon neighborhood pleaded not guilty to his charges Thursday in court. Christie Smith reports.

A mother was able to save her 2-year-old son from being kidnapped by a stranger Friday in San Francisco’s Castro District, after struggling with the alleged suspect, police said.