Chung says he has prosecuted violent crimes in Silicon Valley and New York City since 2014. He grew up in Milpitas in a single-parent home and attended Harvard College and Columbia Law School. “I know what it’s like to lose your parent from a young age, to lose your home and even to lose your job,” he says. “I am going to fight hard for everybody in our community because I care.”
Rosen says under his leadership, “Santa Clara County is the safest large county in California and one of the very safest counties in America.” He says his office created “mental health, drug treatment and veterans’ courts, which reduced incarceration,” while also cracking down on other crimes such as smash-and-grab robberies, gang and gun crime, retail theft, drug dealing and sex trafficking. His office also solved more than 30 cold case murders and rapes.