Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami

LAPD Union Says Archuleta, Hatami for DA

February 19, 2024 7:40 amFebruary 19, 2024 7:40 am

The Los Angeles Police Protective League – the rank and file officers union – has recommended two candidates to replace LA District Attorney George Gascon: Judge Debra Archuleta and Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami. Over the weekend, the LAPPL –...

Is LA Voting with its Wallet?

January 26, 2024 7:12 am

George Gascon is the current Los Angeles District Attorney and he is running for re-election. Gascon has the least amount of campaign cash available now, six weeks before the March primary vote. In a field of ten main candidates that...

DA Gascon Tried to Side-Step California’s Three Strikes Law

December 13, 2023 6:47 amDecember 13, 2023 6:47 am

California’s “three strikes” law is widely popular and widely credited with cutting crime. It is also the bete noir of the progressive prosecutor and the “justice reform” movement, being blamed for excessive incarceration and arrest and sentencing racial disparities. The...

Jon Hatami, Candidate for Los Angeles DA

October 5, 2023 1:58 pmOctober 5, 2023 9:29 pm

George Gascon had been the Los Angeles County District Attorney for two weeks and already Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami had already had enough. Angry enough about Gascon’s day one “policy directives” that he went public, blasting Gascon and saying...