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Los Angeles DA Q&A, Part Four: On Strikes and Reform

February 5, 2024 11:41 amFebruary 5, 2024 11:41 am

This is part four of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. California has a “three strikes” law. That should mean that if you do three very bad things you can go...

Los Angeles DA Q&A, Part Three: On Management and Politics

February 4, 2024 9:12 am

This is part three of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. Besides presiding over a cratering sense of public safety, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon cannot, it seems, even run...

Los Angeles DA Race Up For Grabs?

February 4, 2024 2:33 amFebruary 4, 2024 2:34 am

In about a month, Los Angeles County voters will have the chance to oust the egregious George Gascon from his perch atop the demoralized county District Attorney’s Office. But will they? If money and poll numbers are anything to go...

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....