Chesa Boudin, the San Francisco district attorney who was recalled by voters Tuesday by a 60%-40% margin, blamed “right-wing billionaires” for his ouster, rather than the soaring crime rates and urban filth that made the city a national disgrace.

The rejected Boudin, the son of a convicted Weather Undergound militant, told supporters in a concession speech: “The right-wing billionaires outspent us three to one” and that his critics “took advantage” of public frustration with crime.

But San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight disagreed in a piece titled “Chesa Boudin blamed the recall on the right wing. But S.F. voters who ousted him just want a city that works.”

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