The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the legal agency charged with prosecuting crimes in the city and county of San Francisco, California. The current district attorney is George Gascón. Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed him to that post on January 9, 2011, to succeed Kamala Harris, who had been elected California Attorney General in November 2010. He was subsequently elected in his own right in November 2011.
Previous DAs include:
(Alphabetically)
William S. Barnes 1891-1898
Matthew Brady 1920-1943 (longest-serving San Francisco DA)
Harvey S. Brown 1858-1860
Lewis F. Byington 1900-1905
Henry H. Byrne 1856
Herry H. Byrne 1868-1871
Edmund G. (Pat) Brown 1944-1950
John J. Ferdon 1964-1975
Charles Fickert 1910-1919
Joseph Freitas Jr. 1976-1979
George Gascón 2011-present
Terence Hallinan 1996-2003
Kamala Harris 2004-2010
William H. Langdon 1906-1910
Thomas C. Lynch 1951-1964
Daniel J. Murphy 1872-1873, 1876-1879, 1899-1900
William K. Osborn 1857
James D. Page 1889-1890
Nathan Porter 1861-1867
Leonidas E. Pratt 1882
Thomas P. Ryan 1874-1875
Arlo Smith 1980-1995
David L. Smoot 1880-1881
Edward B. Stonehill 1887-1888
Jeremiah D. Sullivan 1883-1884
John N. Wilson 1885-1886
(Chronologically)
Henry H. Byrne 1856
William K. Osborn 1857
Harvey S. Brown 1858-1860
Nathan Porter 1861-1867
Herry H. Byrne 1868-1871
Daniel J. Murphy 1872-1873
Thomas P. Ryan 1874-1875
Daniel J. Murphy 1876-1879
David L. Smoot 1880-1881
Leonidas E. Pratt 1882
Jeremiah D. Sullivan 1883-1884
John N. Wilson 1885-1886
Edward B. Stonehill 1887-1888
James D. Page 1889-1890
William S. Barnes 1891-1898
Daniel J. Murphy 1899-1900
Lewis F. Byington 1900-1905
William H. Langdon 1906-1910
Charles Fickert 1910-1919
Matthew Brady 1920-1943
Edmund G. (Pat) Brown 1944-1950
Thomas C. Lynch 1951-1964
John J. Ferdon 1964-1975
Joseph Freitas Jr. 1976-1979
Arlo Smith 1980 - 1995
Terence Hallinan 1996-2003
Kamala Harris 2004-2010
George Gascón 2011-present