Campaign News

LOS ANGELES – Today, the Los Angeles Times endorsed George Gascón for District Attorney.  The Los Angeles Times has been in circulation since 1881 and is the fourth largest newspaper in the country.  The exceptionally strong endorsement from the Times means that both of LA’s major newspapers have now rejected incumbent Jackie Lacey in favor […]

In 2012, Jackie Lacey defeated a traditional tough-on-crime prosecutor to become Los Angeles County district attorney. Voters seemed to appreciate her cautious openness to new thinking, and indeed some of her policies — especially her program to divert some mentally ill people from prosecution to treatment — were refreshingly forward-looking. She was reelected in 2016 […]

District Attorney Jackie Lacey was at the Twin Towers jail on the day my brother died alone in his cell. Lacey toured the jail facility periodically during my career as a videographer at the District Attorney’s office. But her visit in June 2018, while unremarkable for her, turned out to be especially significant for me. At […]

GASCÓN RELEASES PROPOSED REFORMS TO ENHANCE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY LOS ANGELES – Today, George Gascón’s campaign for District Attorney released a policy paper outlining his proposed reforms to hold law enforcement accountable and increase transparency. “Too often police use force because they can and not because they should,” said former District Attorney and Assistant Chief of […]

GEORGE GASCÓN’S PLAN TO ENSURE  LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY Ensuring Policing in Los Angeles County is Fair and Just Too often police use force because they can and not because they should, and the unequal and excessive application of force against communities of color undermines police legitimacy and community safety. Make no mistake, we have a […]