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 music,” said campaign spokesperson Max Szabo. “While she’s busy manufacturing self-serving conflicts, she’s done nothing to rectify actual conflicts, such as the thousands in contributions she’s received from attorneys representing defendants she’s currently prosecuting. This newfound concern over conflicts of interest is just a transparent effort to duck questions about her disastrous record.”
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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 outgoing 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.