> Lots of pressure from folks at the top of city government to reduce numbers, rather than fixing the issues. This is what I see too, and it seems glaringly ob

> Lots of pressure from folks at the top of city government to reduce numbers, rather than fixing the issues. This is what I see too, and it seems glaringly obvious. Progressives want to reduce the incarceration rate, and any DA (or anyone in government really) will want to reduce the crime rate. By not prosecuting criminals, and facilitating the underreporting of crime, they get both. It makes absolutely no sense to me for a DA to unilaterally decide to prosecute less without any kind of corresponding change to how the police operate. If criminals know they won't be punished, and the issues that are causing them to commit crimes haven't been fixed, they will commit more crimes.