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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...

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...

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 DA Candidates Q&A Part One: Prop. 47 and the Concept of the Misdemeanor

January 28, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 28, 2024 2:31 am

As the Globe has done for a number of other important political races in the past, we asked each of the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney if they wished to take part in a question and answer series on...

Former LA City Councilman Jose Huizar Sentenced To 13 Years In Federal Prison

January 27, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 27, 2024 2:31 am

Former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar was sentenced to 13 years in Federal prison on Friday on racketeering and tax evasion charges after having plead guilty last year to avoid a February trial. Between 2013 and 2017, Huizar was...

City Of San Francisco Sues CPUC Over August 2023 Robotaxi Expansion Decision

January 26, 2024 12:31 pmJanuary 26, 2024 12:33 pm

The City of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against the California Public Utilities Commission on Friday, asking them to review their decision made in August of last year to great expand robotaxi companies within the city. In 2022 and most...

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...