Nathan Hochman – Page 9 – California Globe

LA DA Gascon’s Improper, Unethical, or Just Plain Stupid Actions Cost Taxpayers Another $5 Million

January 30, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 30, 2024 2:46 am

Maybe there’s a good reason Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has never (as an attorney) set foot in a courtroom – it could be because he always loses. Last week, the LA County Board of Supervisors decided to pay...

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...

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 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...

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...