Eric Siddall – California Globe

The Los Angeles DA Homestretch: Notables Donate, Endorsements Ramp Up

March 1, 2024 4:31 pmMarch 1, 2024 4:31 pm

The first step to removing Los Angeles County Dsoitirct Attorney George Gascon takes place Tuesday, March 5. Because that’s primary day when 12 candidates will face off with the top to vote getters moving onto the final runoff election in...

Los Angeles DA Gascon Sued – Again – By His Staff

February 25, 2024 8:47 amFebruary 25, 2024 8:47 am

The Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys (“ADDA”), the union representing nearly 800 line prosecutors in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, has filed an unfair labor practice charge against their boss – current DA George Gascón –...

Enough Benjamins for George?

February 23, 2024 5:39 pm

In his successful quest to defeat Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey in 2020, current DA George Gascon got about $3.7 million dollars from the Smart Justice California Action fund. True – that money was largely aimed at the general...

Los Angeles DA Candidates Low-Key Square-Off

February 12, 2024 8:45 pmFebruary 13, 2024 6:36 am

Eleven of the twelve declared candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney squared off Monday night in a debate at Los Angeles City College hosted by the League of Woman Voters. The event was comparatively polite, with few (if any) directly...

LA DA Candidates Q&A, Part Two: Law Enforcement and the Death Penalty

January 29, 2024 7:12 amJanuary 31, 2024 7:22 am

This is part two of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. When Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference to announce an inter-agency law enforcement task force to tackle the issue...

Gascon in Crosshairs at DA Debate

January 19, 2024 2:35 amJanuary 19, 2024 2:36 am

There were ten candidates on the stage at the Los Angeles Magazine-sponsored Los Angeles County District Attorney’s race debate – eight of them roundly criticized current DA George Gascon – two, including Gascon himself, did not. In trying to defend...

About Next Year… Through a Glass Darkly…

January 1, 2024 8:15 amJanuary 1, 2024 8:15 am

Instead of About Last Year, we thought the literal turning of the page on 2023 called for a look forward to 2024. 2023 was good for some, not good for others, just like any year ever. But it was so...