SACRAMENTO, CA – Voters significantly shifted the state’s criminal justice landscape in the November 2024 elections, delivering substantial setbacks to the progressive prosecution movement, according to an analysis from Dorothy Atkins in Law360.
Atkins insists the results marked a conservative swing in criminal justice policies, with voters removing progressive prosecutors and supporting measures characterized as tougher on crime.
The Law360 story also noted tough-on-crime candidate Nathan Hochman defeated Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, securing over 61 percent of the vote. Alameda County voters recalled District Attorney Pamela Price with 64 percent support, while San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who had replaced recalled progressive Chesa Boudin in 2022, prevailed over challenger Ryan Khojasteh…