Han Li

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In a fiery interview with Chinese-language media, Mayor London Breed defended her staff&rsquo;s close collaboration with San Francisco&rsquo;s new District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and said the lawyers who &ldquo;unlawfully&rdquo; recorded the city&rsquo;s new chief prosecutor during her first meeting with employees should be disbarred and criminally charged.



&ldquo;Anyone who is the DA or public defender or any elected position, they are always going to get help and support from this office,&rdquo; Breed said during the discussion Thursday.&nbsp;



When Chesa Boudin was elected DA, he got help from her office, too, Breed added.



The mayor batted away criticism about Jenkins acting on someone else&rsquo;s agenda as stemming from &ldquo;white liberals&rdquo; who have continued to attack Black female leaders in San Francisco by casting them as &ldquo;somebody&rsquo;s puppet or slave.&rdquo;



<figure class="wp-block-video"><video autoplay controls loop muted src="https://sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SFS_BREEDCOMMENTS_JENKINS.mp4" playsinline></video><figcaption>Mayor London Breed defends her staff&rsquo;s close coordination with new District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Thursday, July 21, 2022 &nbsp;| Han Li / The Standard</figcaption></figure>



Breed also addressed the<a href="https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/tensions-boiling-over-in-Brooke-Jenkins-office-17305653.php"> leaked recording of Jenkins&rsquo;s first staff meeting</a>, which was reported by <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Inside-first-meeting-with-Brooke-Jenkins-as-SF-DA-17293728.php">multiple media outlets</a>, calling the surreptitious audio &ldquo;unlawful&rdquo; and saying whoever captured it should face serious consequences.&nbsp;



&ldquo;I would say that to any of those people who sadly violated the law,&rdquo; the mayor said, &ldquo;and should be brought up on charges and should be disbarred.&rdquo;

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Mayor Defends Close Collaboration With Brooke Jenkins, Condemns Secret Recording of the New DA

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