Chesa and his predecessor Gascon were not just trying out the “let’s not put people in jail” to see if it works, this is a core tenant of their political beliefs and if the population at large has to pay a price, so be it. This is not a slight adjustment to the justice system, this is a “burn it down and build something else” approach - an attempt to dismantle a system, they claim, is built on systemic racism. If a couple of law-abiding citizens get run over and killed by a repeated offender in a stolen car, then that’s a sacrifice Chesa is willing to make.

So to answer your question, there is no compromise because compromise would be admitting failure - that these policies don’t work. And also admitting that putting some people in jail is a net benefit to society.