UPDATE:  The letter submitted to the State Bar by recently elected San Francisco District Attorney  Chesa Boudin, a former public defender…

Source: OTHERWISE: LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS CALL ON STATE BAR TO CREATE NEW ETHICS RULE TO #CURETHECONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN PROSECUTORS AND POLICE UNIONS – George Gascón Democrat for L.A. District Attorney

A letter submitted to the State Bar by recently elected San Francisco District Attorney  Chesa Boudin, a former public defender, two other county prosecutors and his predecessor George Gascon  called on the State Bar (a governmental entity) to adopt a rule or issue a formal ethics opinion to “explicitly preclude elected prosecutors-or prosecutors seeking election-from seeking or accepting political or financial support from law enforcement unions.” It was the subject of today’s Zoom public hearing before the  Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct.