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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is currently responsible for almost one-third of California’s incarcerated population. Black residents in the county are incarcerated at 13 times the rate of white residents, and LA County jails house more inmates than any other jail system in the country. More than 5,000 of those inmates are struggling with […]

LOS ANGELES – Today, following the Los Angeles District Attorney’s announcement that she was dismissing 66,000 marijuana convictions, George Gascón released the following statement: “Government shouldn’t wait for the people to take action, it should take action for the people.  Today, prior to state law forcing her hand, the District Attorney finally dismissed these convictions. […]

LOS ANGELES – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), who represents Angelenos from Inglewood to Torrance, threw her support behind George Gascón to be LA County’s next District Attorney.   “For decades the Los Angeles criminal justice system has divided Angelenos into two separate classes, communities of color and everyone else,” said Congresswoman Maxine Waters.  “George Gascón […]

LOS ANGELES – Today, the Chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, Mark Gonzalez, released the following statement in regards to revelations that racist ads are being funded by major Trump donors, the Groff family.  Members of the Groff family donated $150,000 to Trump Victory this cycle, $138,300 to the National Republican Congressional Committee […]

LOS ANGELES – Today, the Gascón for DA campaign released the following statement in response to reports that Jackie Lacey has decided to drop out of yet another debate: “This is a public official that has gone to extraordinary lengths to dodge the public, it’s time for Jackie Lacey to come out of her bunker and face the […]