Posts by Anna

LOS ANGELES – The November contest between Lacey and former San Francisco Dist. Atty. George Gascón to oversee the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office had already been framed as a test of appetites for criminal justice reform, with Gascón the flag-bearer for a nationwide movement to elect progressive prosecutors and Lacey representing a more traditional approach […]

“These reform issues — and their profound effect on racial disparities — are now in the forefront of talk from living rooms to the streets. For a district attorney’s race, a reform agenda has gone from tough sell to impossible to avoid […]”

LOS ANGELES – Today, George Gascón called on Attorney General Xavier Becerra to take over the investigation in the fatal officer involved shooting of Daniel Hernandez that occurred on April 23, 2020. The involved officer, Toni McBride, is the daughter of the Los Angeles Police Department’s union director, Jamie McBride, which creates a conflict of interest […]

LOS ANGELES – Today, George Gascón called on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education to disband the Los Angeles School Police Department.  The Board of Education is weighing three proposals at its meeting today, one of which calls for a 90 percent reduction in the LAUSD police budget by 2023-2024. “Our schools can be […]

George Gascón, the former San Francisco prosecutor now challenging Jackie Lacey to become Los Angeles D.A., released some strong words on Friday in response to a newspaper advertisement placed by the L.A. Police Protective League, the largest union representing local cops […]