Today, District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced the District Attorney’s Office’s partnership with Code Tenderloin and Goodwill CASC to provide digital training and tools for formerly incarcerated people who are adjusting to life post-incarceration. The first training took place yesterday, May 2, and included several people who were resentenced from lengthy prison sentences by the District Attorney’s Office.

Today, District Attorney Chesa Boudin announces a deluge of interns and applicants to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. The District Attorney’s Office has had a steady influx of interest from talented and diverse lawyers, paralegals, investigators, victim advocates, and interns since District Attorney Boudin took office in 2020. This year, there has been a historic number of applicants seeking to participate in the District Attorney’s internship program and volunteer with the office.

Today, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced that an undercover organized retail theft operation, Operation ABC, has resulted in the arrests and charging of Allala Mouaizi and an arrest warrant issued for Said Mahtout, who were allegedly purchasing stolen goods from Nordstrom out of a San Francisco Zain Liquors store.

Today, as part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin released a Victim Services Fact Sheet to explain how the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office Victim Services Division functions and to educate community members about the process of serving crime victims. As can be seen on the District Attorney’s Office’s new Victim Services dashboard, the District Attorney’s Victim Services Division is serving more victims than ever before.

Today, California State Senator Scott Wiener and San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announce that the Senate Public Safety Committee has passed their bill, Senate Bill 1228: Genetic Privacy for Sexual Assault Victims, by a unanimous, bipartisan vote.* It will now be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee before heading to the full Senate for a vote.

Today, at the start of National Crime Victims’ Rights Awareness Week, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced the launch of a new, first-in-office-history data dashboard that shares information on victims served by the District Attorney’s Office’s Victim Services Division (“VSD”).

A coordinated operation by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office’s Special Investigations Unit and the San Francisco Police Department’s Major Crimes Burglary Detail has resulted in more than two dozen felony charges being filed today against two defendants for 28 separate residential burglaries over a four-month period.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced today that SFPD Officers Kevin Patrick Lyons and Kevin David Sien have been charged with violating Penal Code section 135, a misdemeanor, for concealing and destroying evidence. Separately, retired Officer Mark Williams has been charged with Penal Codes section 32625(a); Possession of a Machine Gun; Penal Code section 33410; Possession of a Silencer; and Penal Code section 503(a), Embezzlement, all felonies.

Today, following an extensive review and investigation by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Innocence Commission, District Attorney Chesa Boudin announces the exoneration of Joaquin Ciria for being wrongly convicted of killing Felix Bastarrica. Mr. Ciria, who is now 61 years old, was arrested exactly 32 years ago and has maintained his innocence from the beginning.

Today, District Attorney Chesa Boudin announces a deluge of interns and applicants to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. The District Attorney’s Office has had a steady influx of interest from talented and diverse lawyers, paralegals, investigators, victim advocates, and interns since District Attorney Boudin took office in 2020. This year, there has been a historic number of applicants seeking to participate in the District Attorney’s internship program and volunteer with the office.