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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...

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...

Curious – Where was George?

October 19, 2023 1:37 pmOctober 19, 2023 1:38 pm

There are 10 people who will be on the ballot in the March Los Angeles District Attorney primary vote – nine of them showed up at a debate Wednesday. Guess which one wasn’t there? George Gascon skipping the debate would...

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...

Gascon Campaign Already Wobbly?

September 21, 2023 5:36 amSeptember 21, 2023 5:38 am

As the race to replace him heats up, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is already running an aggressive, well-funded, well-endorsed campaign to keep his job. Only part of that sentence is true – the part about Gascon’s campaign...