San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin fires at least 7 attorneys 2 days after starting job

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks to reporters before his swearing in ceremony in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks to reporters before his swearing in ceremony in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin fires at least 7 attorneys 2 days after starting job 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

Two days after being sworn in as San Francisco's new District Attorney, Chesa Boudin reportedly fired at least seven attorneys from his office.

Among the Friday firings were multiple managing attorneys in the criminal division. The news was first reported by The San Francisco Chronicle.

“I had to make difficult staffing decisions [Friday] in order to put in place a management team that will help me accomplish the work I committed to do for San Francisco," Boudin said in a statement.

According to The Chronicle, the prosecutors are at-will employees and can be terminated at any time per the San Francisco city charter, but some still do plan on taking legal action.

"For someone who ran on a platform of second chances, I know I never got a first," one of the terminated attorneys told KQED.

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A little over 130 of the office's 300 employees are prosecutors.

According to the Chronicle, Boudin hired new four attorneys on Monday. Two formerly worked at the public defender's office.

Boudin ran on a platform of major justice system reform, from ending cash bail to ending mass incarceration.

"There’s an awful lot about our criminal justice system that is dysfunctional. Everyone who sets foot in a criminal courtroom will see myriad ways the system is dysfunctional," Boudin told SFGATE recently.

Katie Dowd is an SFGATE Senior Digital Editor. Email: katie.dowd@sfgate.com | Twitter: @katiedowd