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George Gascon, the former Los Angeles police officer who is now running for Los Angeles County district attorney, emerged from the humblest of beginnings to become a real American success story […]

Those who are familiar with Gascón’s trajectory know that he long ago overcame his aversion to law enforcement by joining its ranks. The former Los Angeles cop worked his way through the system to become police chief in Mesa, Ariz., and then San Francisco, where he most recently served as district attorney, earning plaudits for […]

The rethinking and reconstruction of the American criminal justice system has come in waves. A decade ago, unconscionable (and unconstitutional) prison crowding in California sparked smarter sentencing and parole, then alternatives to jail and prison, then the downgrading of drug possession felonies to the misdemeanors they once were and are now again, amid a continuing and historic decrease in crime. Four years ago, […]

Four reform-minded California prosecutors have created their own lobbying organization to support progressive legislation and candidates, a group intended to challenge the law-and-order ethos and political heft of traditional law enforcement associations. The Prosecutors Alliance of California includes both current San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and his predecessor, George Gascón, who is now running […]

In a two-page letter written by Contra Costa County DA Diana Becton, former San Francisco DA George Gasćon, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and San Joaquin County DA Tori Verber Salazar, the current and former DAs banded together to call out the conflict of interest (or at least the appearance of one) that had and […]