I guess someone doesn't do it for the public service part of it? I'd like to hope someone is willing to step up. I thought Ned Turnbull had a good shot several years ago, but I do agree there have been few quality candidates, the problem is, it's likely going to be another problem of "anything is better than what we currently have" and we could be in even bigger trouble.
You will either wind up with someone who isn't a very successful attorney interested in the post or a judge as their salaries are, I believe, slightly lower than that of the DA.
Who really wants the donkey-pain of that job for $120K? Pay the kind of money that Charles Hardt's job pays and you might have some bait for better candidates. You've got to be a capable prosecutor, administrator, and supervisor in that position. I think a lot of people have the idea all the DA does is file charges and prosecute. Much of that is done by the associate DA's.