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September 28, 2022

“The lethality of fentanyl presents new and unprecedented risks to our community, and we must do everything in our power to hold dealers accountable to help save lives,” Jenkins said. “We have to send a strong message in the community and in the courtroom that we will not stand by and allow dealers to kill innocent people and those suffering from addiction.”

September 28, 2022

Prosecutors are threatening to pursue murder charges against fentanyl dealers as part of a new approach to San Francisco’s drug epidemic under District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.

September 26, 2022

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Monday announced the appointment of a member to the Innocence Commission as well as shoring up procedural matters that she says will make the panel stronger.

September 23, 2022

“This is not a case where these two individuals should have received misdemeanors or diversion,” Jenkins said, calling footage of the beating “horrifying.”

September 22, 2022

All of us understand that at the core of this work, it’s not political. We have victims who need justice. We need to be making sure that we equip offenders to rehabilitate and enter back into society. People are focused on the work. I think a lot of the politicization has left.

September 20, 2022

The change was made as part of a broad restructuring of the office that includes the creation of new units aimed at ameliorating San Franciscans’ rising concerns about crime, particularly those targeting the elderly.

September 15, 2022

“These inexcusable crimes victimize hard-working employees trying to earn a living and cheated taxpayers out of millions in public resources,” said Jenkins in a statement. “Holding Cullinane accountable for these crimes is critical to ensuring that workers are protected, and the system is not exploited with inflated and unfair costs to insurers, consumers, businesses and taxpayers.”

September 14, 2022

The poll shows Jenkins with a large lead over her challengers — including in favorability and name recognition — ahead of the November election for district attorney.

September 14, 2022

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins must face the city's voters just four months after being appointed to replace the recalled Chesa Boudin, and a new poll shared by her campaign shows she is running 20 percentage points ahead of her nearest challenger.

September 11, 2022

The District Attorney's Office will refer individuals with five or more misdemeanor drug possession charges to the Community Justice Center, a section of the court system meant for addiction services.

September 8, 2022

“What we are doing is SFPD has begun citing individuals that are engaged in public drug use,” Jenkins said. “Both injecting and smoking, pipes, fentanyl, methamphetamines. When a person reaches five citations for that public drug use that is when we file a complaint that we forward to our community justice centers, so that we can connect that person with resources for treatment.”

September 8, 2022

Faced with a scalding debate over how to handle open-air drug markets in downtown San Francisco and an overdose crisis that has claimed nearly 1,700 lives since the beginning of 2020, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Thursday announced a policy that will tighten penalties for users, in hope of diverting them into treatment.

September 8, 2022

The idea being, Jenkins said, that someone racking up a handful of citations for public drug use sends “a clear signal that they are in a crisis and need support.”

August 30, 2022

San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins discusses policy shifts in San Francisco and how she plans to make the city safer.

August 26, 2022

Jenkins said she has “no desire to fill up jails,” but said she does intend to seek incarceration more often than Boudin did — mostly for people repeatedly accused of serious crimes. Asked whether she considers herself tough on crime, she said, “I think I’m tough when I need to be.”

August 24, 2022

“Cash bail unfairly penalizes those with less financial means and disproportionately affects defendants of color,” Jenkins stated in a press release. “Protecting victims and ensuring public safety are my top priorities. We will not shy away from holding offenders accountable, but we will not perpetuate further injustice and inequities.”

August 24, 2022

“It is the policy of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office not to seek cash bail in criminal cases, except in certain misdemeanor cases where the law provides a court with no other choice to protect public safety,” the policy states.

August 24, 2022

“Cash bail unfairly penalizes those with less financial means and disproportionately affects defendants of color,” she said in a prepared statement Thursday. “Protecting victims and ensuring public safety are my top priorities. We will not shy away from holding offenders accountable, but we will not perpetuate further injustice and inequities.”

August 21, 2022

Last week they met with San Francisco's District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins. "She listened and listened to our stories and really was learning from us," said Gina McDonald, co-founder of Mothers Against Drug Deaths. McDonald spoke with the DA about everything from easier access and treatment to ending the open-air drug market.

August 19, 2022

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins earned several rounds of applause as she spoke out against the recent attacks on older Asian Americans during a town hall on Tuesday.

August 16, 2022

Crimes reported against Asians continue to grow in San Francisco, including two recent high-profile cases involving a former commissioner and a 70-year-old woman. The attacks prompted city leaders to hold a town hall Tuesday night in Chinatown, where San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins addressed the crimes.

August 8, 2022

A giddy crowd greeted San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins as she strode into the Department of Elections on Monday morning, filing paperwork to seek office in November.

August 2, 2022

NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins about her attempt to crack down on drugs in the city.

July 21, 2022

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Thursday announced the promotions of three veteran prosecutors who will serve on her leadership team, filling some of key positions made vacant last week after she fired 15 employees who worked under former D.A. Chesa Boudin.

July 15, 2022

Last week, San Francisco Mayor London Breed appointed Brooke Jenkins as the city’s new district attorney, after former DA Chesa Boudin was ousted in a contentious recall election. Jenkins worked for Boudin as a prosecutor, but quit in protest over some of his decisions, and joined the effort to recall Boudin as lead spokesperson.

July 12, 2022

Brooke Jenkins, a former prosecutor who resigned and joined the recall District Attorney campaign last year, was appointed by Mayor London Breed as the new District Attorney in San Francisco. Jenkins, 40, who is African American and Latina, was born in the Bay Area. She received her law degree from the University of Chicago and bachelor degree from UC Berkeley, where she was a member of the Track and Field Team, competing in the 400-meter hurdles

July 8, 2022

Brooke Jenkins was sworn in as San Francisco's new district attorney during a ceremony at city hall Friday afternoon.

July 8, 2022

A month after San Francisco voters ousted their progressive district attorney, Chesa Boudin, the city has a new top cop.