Campaign News

LOS ANGELES – Today, a coalition of law enforcement executives spoke out to condemn the fear tactics being employed by District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her police union financiers.  Additionally, Mr. Gascón released his extensive Alternatives to Incarceration proposal and #TeamGascón released a new ad. The announcements come in the final week of the campaign as District […]

GEORGE GASCÓN’S PLAN TO EXPAND DIVERSION, REDUCE INCARCERATION, AND PREVENT RECIDIVISM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY Decreasing Los Angeles County’s Criminal Justice Footprint through Evidence and Collaboration I began my career as a Los Angeles Police Department officer walking a foot beat in Hollywood.  I have since gone on to serve as a police executive, police […]

George  Gascón, former assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and San Francisco district attorney, has long been right about the same criminal justice matters Lacey has been wrong about. If elected, Gascón will build on the approaches Lacey has been right about, particularly on mental health and diversion for low-level, non-violent offenders. Gascón’s […]

George Gascon, the former Los Angeles police officer who is now running for Los Angeles County district attorney, emerged from the humblest of beginnings to become a real American success story […]

LOS ANGELES–Today, George Gascón was joined by Dolores Huerta, Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, and former Senator Richard Polanco to urge people to vote in an election that, from top to bottom, is of extraordinary consequence for the Latino community.  Assemblymember Cristina Garcia and the Mayor of Long Beach, Robert Garcia, also […]