LOS ANGELES – Today, the Gascón for Los Angeles DA campaign is proud to announce that the Armenian National Committee of America Western Region (ANCA-WR) has endorsed George Gascón for Los Angeles District Attorney. ANCA-WR is the largest and most influential nonpartisan Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization in the Western United States.
“The meeting we held with Mr. Gascon was conducive and comprehensive, covering a range of issues that are at the center of the Armenian community in Los Angeles,” said ANCA-WR Board Chair Nora Hovsepian, Esq. “With the recent rise in hate crimes against Armenian-Americans in Los Angeles, we want a District Attorney that will take these issues seriously and take proper action when necessary. With his past experience as District Attorney of San Francisco and current platform of the campaign, we believe Mr. Gascon is the right person to serve our community.”
“I am deeply honored to receive the Armenian National Committee of America Western Region endorsement,” said former District Attorney and Assistant Chief of the LAPD, George Gascón. “The grassroots advocacy they engage in for the Armenian-American community, as well as other marginalized communities, goes to the very fabric of who we are as Angelenos. I will always be a partner and friend to the Armenian-American community and look forward to working together on ways to make our communities safe, while at the same time enhancing equity for us all.”
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George Gascón grew up in Los Angeles after his family immigrated from Cuba. An army veteran, Gascón served as a Los Angeles Police Department Officer for 30 years, rising to the rank of Assistant Chief of Operations. In 2006 he became Chief of Police in Mesa, Arizona, where he stood up to the hateful and anti-immigrant policies of then Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. In 2009, then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Gascón Chief of Police. Newsom turned to Gascón again in 2011 when he tapped him to be District Attorney to fill the seat vacated by an outoing Kamala Harris who had been elected Attorney General. During his tenure Gascón implemented reforms that are being duplicated across the country while overseeing violent crime and homicides drop to rates not seen in 50 years. After being elected to two terms, Gascón returned to Los Angeles to care for his elderly mother and to be closer to his two daughters and grandchildren in Long Beach. Gascón is married to Fabiola Kramsky, a three-time Emmy Award winning journalist and recipient of the “Premio Nacional de Periodismo,” the highest recognition given to journalists in Mexico.