For Immediate Release - July 9, 2020

FORMER LOS ANGELES COUNTY DA GIL GARCETTI ENDORSES GASCÓN


Jul 09, 2020

LOS ANGELES –Today, the former District Attorney for Los Angeles County, Gil Garcetti, threw his support behind George Gascón to be LA’s next DA.  In announcing his support for Gascón, DA Garcetti said:

“George Gascón has earned my endorsement for Los Angeles County District Attorney. Though it is rare that I get involved in elections involving the District Attorney’s office, George Gascón is the leader we need for this massive office. He has already demonstrated the courage and leadership to challenge the existing criminal justice system. His record when he was chief of police in two cities and as the San Francisco DA, proves this. I am convinced that he will bring the courage and leadership to make the necessary changes in the District Attorney’s office and in the criminal justice system as a whole–changes that fair minded and practical Los Angeles residents need and demand.”

“I’m honored to have Gil Garcetti on my team,” said former District Attorney and Assistant Chief of the LAPD, George Gascón. “The Garcetti family has a storied history of service to our community, and I’m grateful he is joining our movement to modernize LA’s system of justice.”

###

George Gascón is the Democratic Party’s nominee. He is endorsed by the LA Times, the LA Daily News, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors, former Chief of the LAPD Charlie Beck, and many more.

Mr. Gascón grew up in Los Angeles after his family immigrated from Cuba. An army veteran, Gascón served as a Los Angeles Police Department Officer for 30 years, rising to the rank of Assistant Chief of Operations. In 2006 he became Chief of Police in Mesa, Arizona, where he stood up to the hateful and anti-immigrant policies of then Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. In 2009, then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Gascón Chief of Police. Newsom turned to Gascón again in 2011 when he tapped him to be District Attorney to fill the seat vacated by an outgoing Kamala Harris who had been elected Attorney General. During his tenure Gascón implemented reforms that are being duplicated across the country while overseeing violent crime and homicides drop to rates not seen in 50 years. After being elected to two terms, Gascón returned to Los Angeles to care for his elderly mother and to be closer to his two daughters and grandchildren in Long Beach. Gascón is married to Fabiola Kramsky, a three-time Emmy Award winning journalist and recipient of the “Premio Nacional de Periodismo,” the highest recognition given to journalists in Mexico.

For more information about George Gascón go to
www.GeorgeGascon.org [http://www.GeorgeGascon.org] .