San Francisco District Attorney's Office

legal agency

The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the city attorney of the local government of San Francisco, California. The district attorney carries out official duties with prosecuting crimes through the legal agency of the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.

District Attorney of the
City and County of
San Francisco
Incumbent
Brooke Jenkins

since July 8, 2022
TypeDistrict attorney
Formation1856
First holderHenry H. Byrne
Unofficial names
  • San Francisco District Attorney
  • District Attorney of San Francisco
Salary$260,813 (2014)
Websitewww.sfdistrictattorney.org

Brooke Jenkins is the current district attorney of San Francisco, in office since July 2022.

List of San Francisco district attorneys

change
District attorney Tenure
Henry H. Byrne 1856
William K. Osborn 1857
Harvey S. Brown 1858–1861
Nathan Porter 1861–1868
Herry H. Byrne 1868–1872
Daniel J. Murphy 1872–1874
Thomas P. Ryan 1874–1876
Daniel J. Murphy 1876–1880
David L. Smoot 1880–1882
Leonidas E. Pratt 1882
Jeremiah D. Sullivan 1883–1885
John N. Wilson 1885–1887
Edward B. Stonehill 1887–1889
James D. Page 1889–1891
William S. Barnes 1891–1898
Daniel J. Murphy 1899–1900
Lewis Francis Byington 1900–1905
William H. Langdon 1906–1910
Charles Fickert 1910–1919
Matthew Brady 1920–1943
Pat Brown 1943–1951
Thomas C. Lynch 1951–1964
John J. Ferdon 1964–1976
Joseph Freitas Jr. 1976–1980
Arlo Smith 1980–1996
Terence Hallinan 1996–2004
Kamala Harris 2004–2011
George Gascón 2011–2019
Suzy Loftus (interim) 2019–2020
Chesa Boudin 2020–2022
Brooke Jenkins 2022–incumbent