Throughout his re-election campaign, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon has claimed that violent crime is actually down, though he has admitted property crime has increased a teensy bit. Because of these “facts,” Gascon and his backers – like...
California has the highest income tax rate in the country (top tier of 14.4 percent), the highest statewide sales tax rate (7.25 percent, plus local sales taxes), and the highest gas tax rate ($0.78 per gallon). Yet it ranks third...
Former Los Angeles County District Attorney and lifelong Democrat Jackie Lacey Monday endorsed Nathan Hochman in his campaign to unseat current DA George Gascon. “We must have leadership at the District Attorney’s Office that understands its mission is to seek...
Sometimes in politics, campaign gifts just seem to fall out of the sky. So it has happened for Nathan Hochman, the man challenging Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon in November, when Gascon top “ethics and integrity” lieutenant Diana Teran...
On April 22, 2024, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge struck down Senate Bill 9 (Atkins), which was enacted in 2021 as Chapter 162. SB 9 dealt with approvals for housing development. According to the Assembly Floor analysis, SB 9...
The past few weeks have not been good for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. One of his top deputies, Assistant District Attorney Diana Teran, was arrested and charged with 11 felonies by the state Attorney General’s Office and...
Exactly how wormy is the can Attorney General Rob Bonta opened this week when he charged a top aide to Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon with 11 felonies? Turns out it’s quite wriggly. The entire affair, said former LA...