Leif Dautch
Leif Dautch ran for election for San Francisco District Attorney in California. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Dautch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Dautch also participated in Ballotpedia's Candidate Conversation; click here to view a video of his responses.
Biography
Leif Dautch earned a bachelor's degree in ethics, politics & economics from Yale University in 2007 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2010. Dautch has career experience including work as a deputy attorney general for the State of California, president of the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Commission, and vice chair of the California Lawyers Association Criminal Law Section.[1]
Elections
2019
General election
General election for San Francisco District Attorney
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Chesa Boudin in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Campaign themes
2019
Candidate Conversation
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Leif Dautch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dautch's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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We have a humanitarian and public health crisis playing out on our streets, and I see it every day working in the Tenderloin. First, I will transform our nearly-empty Juvenile Hall into a Mental Health Justice Center for youth and adults battling mental illness on our streets. Second, I will prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place by prosecuting landlords who fraudulently evict tenants.
We also must hold police officers who engage in misconduct accountable. I vow to complete my investigation of any officer-involved shooting within 6 months and hold a town hall explaining my decision to charge, or not charge, the officer. Third, I will follow the lead of some jurisdictions around the country by exploring all possible charges, not just murder-or-nothing.
My mom was so moved by those kids that she convinced us to become foster parents. We took in a dozen kids over the course of a decade, not all at once, eventually adopting two kids: my younger brother Ian, and my little sister Elissa. I saw firsthand the effects of trauma, of poverty, the cycles of crime, but I also saw amazing people like my mom working within the justice system to ensure that a one-time mistake did not turn into a life of crime.
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See also
2019 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on August 20, 2019
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