Opinions all my very own. I have lots. She/Her. Chief of Staff to Chesa Boudin and couldn't be prouder. We have already won.
Jul 19, 2022 • 22 tweets • 7 min read
Last week, some media outlets breathlessly reported that new staff coming to the SFDA's office was "all female," implicitly suggesting this is a good, progressive thing, in & of itself.
It is not.
Mass incarceration, in all its manifestations, is a deeply anti-feminist project.
The framing was mocked & not only b/c Breed/Jenkins fired multiple women. (Literally the 1st person fired was an LGBTQ WOC heading the resentencing unit.)
It was mocked b/c people recognized what the SFChron didn't: representation is used to mask deeply inhumane policies.
Jul 15, 2022 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
The resentencing/innocence commission unit: gone. Police accountability: gone. Data and transparency: gone. Political corruption investigation: gone. Champion for victims and children: demoted.
Champion for humane, hugely-popular and successful treatment programs: gone. Latino/a outreach: gone. Support for trafficked children: gone.
Jun 8, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
In 30 months, we reduced the jail pop. by 38%. We reduced the SF prison pop. by 35%. We stopped charging kids as adults and reduced the # of kids in jail by 50%. We have seen victims forgive and those who harmed atone. All while violent crime has gone down.
