Campaign News

“We understand the stakes. The re-election of George Gascón has national significance. We can’t go back.” —Former Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells This election will decide if we go back to the past.  Shall we go back to a time when the County DA prioritizes low level crimes?  Shall we fill our jails by prosecuting behavior of […]

George Gascón was elected Los Angeles County district attorney in 2020, a convulsive year in which Americans’ lives were upended by the pandemic and public confidence in the criminal justice system was shaken by the murder of George Floyd. The latter led to a reckoning over racial inequity in arrests, prosecutions and punishment. Voters wanted […]

At LNP, we believe that if any politician agrees to speak to the community, we should take advantage, e.g., Liz Cheney’s Last Stand earlier in the year. We jumped at the opportunity to hear the incumbent candidate for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, organized by community leader Brandon Lamar, at the PCC campus. Gascón […]

LOS ANGELES—Today District Attorney George Gascón kicked off his 2024 reelection campaign surrounded by a broad coalition of Democrats, organized labor, community leaders and fellow elected officials. With less than five months before the Primary Election, Gascón is well-positioned to hold an organizing and voter turnout advantage among the communities and consistencies essential to any […]

Los Angeles County’s newly elected district attorney George Gascón resigned today from the California District Attorney’s Association (CDAA), the group that represents most California DAs and that is now fighting Gascón’s criminal justice reforms […]