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Are there any major issues the candidates for district attorney disagree on? Or is the race for The City’s top prosecutor destined to come down to experience, personality and name recognition?
Through several debates so far, District Attorney George Gascón, Sharmin Bock and David Onek have each expressed support for “progressive” San Francisco values, including programs emphasizing rehabilitation and community-based solutions rather than incarceration; San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants; a collaborative relationship between law enforcement and The City’s entertainment industry; and opposition to the death penalty.
“It comes down to who runs the best campaign, who can define themselves with the voters better,” said political consultant Jim Ross, who is not affiliated with any of the three candidates’ campaigns.
Ross said with Gascón as the incumbent front-runner in the race, Onek and Bock need to create contrast.
“But on the issues, it’s difficult to do,” he said. “So it has to be personality- or experience-based.”
Gascón, 57, noted the position of district attorney is a largely managerial one, and as former police chief in San Francisco and Mesa, Ariz., he has experience heading large organizations. He said he is the only candidate with a proven track record of both reform and leadership.
“On the surface of policy issues, we may all agree on certain things,” he said in a recent interview. The distinction, he said, lies in “the ability to implement those policies.”
Bock, 49, has emphasized her 21 years of prosecutorial experience in Alameda County; in fact, she’s the only one of the three who’s ever prosecuted a case.
“To lead an army as a general, you need to have walked a day in the shoes of the soldiers,” she said at one debate.
As current head of the sexual assault, public integrity and unsolved crimes units of the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, Bock has made combating human trafficking and other violence against women and children a priority.
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