Citizens can press civil charges, but the power to prosecute someone for jail time is reserved for the government. And the local and state governments, not the

Citizens can press civil charges, but the power to prosecute someone for jail time is reserved for the government. And the local and state governments, not the federal govt. DAs are elected, so notionally, Boudin, the DA for SF, is representating the will of the people by not prosecuting criminals deemed to be "low level crimes".