Daniel Chung

Criminal Justice / Public Safety I will follow the evidence wherever it takes me and zealously prosecute all law-breaking public officials just like everybody else, including politicians, judges, attorneys, and police officers. Fraudulent and illicit uses of taxpayer money will be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest. Criminal Justice / Public Safety I will build interdisciplinary prosecution teams with mental health and substance abuse experts and use evidence-based practices to sustainably and holistically address root causes of crime. Criminal Justice / Public Safety I will divert most misdemeanors and create vertical prosecution teams to target serious and violent felonies, including gun crimes, domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual assault. Criminal Justice / Public Safety I will uphold victims' constitutional rights pursuant to Marsy's Law and seek speedy pleas, hearings, trials, sentencings, and restitution. Justice delayed is justice denied, and repeated continuances and reassignments of cases will no longer be tolerated. Criminal Justice / Public Safety I will significantly expand community outreach, youth programs, and data collection. Law-breaking businesses and their leaders will be aggressively prosecuted, and I will reform the overuse of bail, probation, pretextual searches and seizures, and peremptory challenges in jury selection.