https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/11/santa-clara-county-public-defender-launches-bid-to-replace-three-term-da/

SAN JOSE — Sajid Khan, a Santa Clara County public defender, is running to become the South Bay’s next district attorney, aiming to unseat three-term incumbent Jeff Rosen with an aggressive reform platform to reduce severity of criminal prosecutions and increase investigations of police.

Khan is currently working in the county’s Alternate Defender’s Office and has distinguished himself as a vocal critic of Rosen, aligning himself with a raft of local civil-rights and social-justice groups in recent years. With positions that mirror that of hard-charging reform candidates who have taken DA’s offices in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, his campaign marks the first re-election challenge to Rosen, who will have been in office for 12 years by the time Election Day rolls around in 2022.