District Attorney Sean Teare, who campaigned in 2024 to end the high turnover rates among prosecutors under his predecessor, is facing an exodus of his own, as crushing caseloads continue to inundate attorneys.
About as many people left in the first six months of Teare’s tenure as any comparable period under his predecessor, former district attorney Kim Ogg, according to county records. About 86 employees — half of whom were prosecutors — left the office from Jan. 2 through the end of June. The number is higher if members of Ogg’s office who resigned or were fired as Teare took over are included.
While the office has touted expansions to domestic violence and mental health programs, the courts — particularly misdemeanor courts — have been most affected by the departures. The number of prosecutors in most county criminal courts at law has dropped, leaving those behind grappling with nearly as many low-level case filings as years prior, according to a Chronicle analysis of staffing records and district attorney data…