Newsom says San Francisco DA recall was ‘predictable,’ national attention on election wasn’t warranted

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he thought San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's recall this week was "predictable" and didn't deserve the national media attention it got.

He said he didn’t think the recall warranted the national attention that it received as an "arbiter of something farther reaching. I thought the punditry was a little overwhelming on it," he said. 

"I think the issue in San Francisco, in particular, is people want the streets cleaned up – period. Full stop. Enough," he told Michaelson on the FOX 11 political show "The Issue Is." "They want the streets cleaned up. They want a sense of order from the disorder they’re feeling on the streets."