Posts by Anna

SACRAMENTO–Today, former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón joined three sitting District Attorneys to announce their cosponsorship of A.B. 767, a bill that would expand California Victims’ Compensation Board coverage to include victims of police violence. Former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, San Francisco District Attorney Boudin, San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber […]

LOS ANGELES – Today, George Gascón’s campaign for Los Angeles District Attorney released its youth justice policy proposal to enhance safety and start treating kids as kids.  The campaign also launched a creative new video produced by a 20-year old supporter who will be casting her vote for District Attorney for the first time on November 3. […]

“There can be no keener reflection of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children.”  – Nelson Mandela For decades, criminal justice experts have known that Los Angeles’ approach to prosecuting youth has been mired in a “punish first” mindset, anchored in the failed prosecution policies of the 1990s.  This antiquated approach has […]

LOS ANGELES – Today, George Gascón’s campaign for Los Angeles District Attorney is proud to announce that the Working Families Party has endorsed Gascón’s campaign for District Attorney. The Working Families Party is a grassroots, multiracial party of working people coming together to make our nation work for the many, not the few. They work to elect the next […]

In a two-page letter written by Contra Costa County DA Diana Becton, former San Francisco DA George Gasćon, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and San Joaquin County DA Tori Verber Salazar, the current and former DAs banded together to call out the conflict of interest (or at least the appearance of one) that had and […]