Four candidates for San Francisco's district attorney faced hundreds of people at a debate Tuesday sponsored by the League of Women Voters and University of San Francisco.
Former California Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin, who retired in 2020 moderated the forum, posing questions that had been submitted in writing before the event.appointed after leading the effort to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin
"The DA's office effectively decriminalized drugs in the past couple of years and I took a tougher approach. We need a tougher approach," said Jenkins, "Drug dealers...should they be connected with selling fentanyl to someone who overdoses, they should be charged with murder because we have to hold people accountable."
"We've tried that. All it does is bring out more dealers and more dealers fighting for turf," said Hamasaki, "We have to address the demand side of it. The demand side of it means getting treatment for users, helping them in building out programs.""One of the things I'll do is block access. I'll put both users and dealers in jail.
"We have to treat every circumstance, it's different. Of course, that's true in every criminal matter. But it's especially true when we're dealing with our children," said Hamasaki."It stops by sending a message. This current DA hasn't charged a hate crime yet. What message does that send?" said Alioto Veronese.
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