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Fired by San Francisco DA Brook Jenkins, Ryan Khojasteh Now Running Against Her

January 29, 2024 10:57 amJanuary 29, 2024 11:00 am

Putting it bluntly, San Franciscans have had enough of “Restorative Justice” prosecutors. Rather than do their job holding perpetrators of crime accountable, they instead actively work to halt and dismantle criminal accountability altogether. Their playbook includes usage of phrases and...

About Last Week… ‘Please tread on me’

January 29, 2024 2:37 amJanuary 29, 2024 2:38 am

“Please tread on me.” Maybe the legislature wouldn’t exactly approve that textual change to the state flag – though some legislators might vote for it, considering their private proclivities – but at least it would be honest. There are more...

LA Times Recommends Keeping Los Angeles DA Gascon ‘In Place’

January 22, 2024 4:29 pmJanuary 22, 2024 5:02 pm

Article originally published by the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys. By Ryan Erlich On Sunday morning, the Los Angeles Times endorsed George Gascón in the District Attorney’s race. Their justification? Voters should “reject the nonsense and keep Gascón on...

About Last Week… You called, U-Haul?

January 8, 2024 2:09 amJanuary 8, 2024 2:10 am

More accurately, at least for tens of thousands of erstwhile Californians: You called U-Haul, right? Yet again, California tops the “we’re getting the hell out of here even if we have to pack our stuff ourselves” annual U-Haul migration list....

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...

Los Angeles Prosecutors Endorse Eric Siddall for DA

December 20, 2023 2:41 pmDecember 20, 2023 2:41 pm

The prosecutors union – the Association of Deputy District Attorneys (ADDA) – has endorsed its former vice-president Eric Siddall to be the next District Attorney of Los Angeles County. “Eric Siddall is not new to this political battle; he’s been...

Poll Shows Gascon Weak in Los Angeles DA’s Election Race

December 14, 2023 3:35 pmDecember 15, 2023 7:44 am

Is fifty one-and-a-half weeks all the time George Gascon has left in office? A new poll on the state of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s election race shows Gascon remains deeply unpopular and – even if were to finish in...