Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 116: Santa Clara DA Candidate Sajid Khan
Santa Clara Public Defender Sajid Khan recently announced he was running for District Attorney.\n\nHis announcement follows events of a year ago last summer when in response a pointed column by Khan, Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen threatened to initiate a whistleblower retaliation proceedings against the Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender.\n\n\u201cSanta Clara County needs a true progressive as its District Attorney. I will be that person,\u201d he said. \u201cAs District Attorney for all people, I will be committed to truth-telling about systemic racism, shrinking mass criminalization, addressing root causes of crime, and bringing the criminal legal system in line with basic notions of justice and humanity.\u201d\n\nFor the last 13 years, Khan has been a public defender serving Santa Clara County. He has fought for people\u2019s constitutional rights, and against systemic racism, and against mass incarceration. He has sat in the county jails and juvenile hall, representing countless individuals.\n\nKhan was born in San Jose to Muslim immigrants from Madras, India. His mother worked as a laboratory scientist at O\u2019Connor Hospital, and his late father was a physicist in the semiconductor industry who established a mosque and later a school, both in Santa Clara.\n\nSajid Khan speaks to Everyday Injustice about his candidacy and his vision for transformative change in Santa Clara County.