LOS ANGELES (AP) — Advocates for criminal justice reform who have elected a wave of progressive prosecutors nationwide captured the crown jewel Friday as former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon defeated Los Angeles DA Jackie Lacey. The bitter race to run the nation’s largest p...
After defeating George Gascón in the Novemberelection, Nathan Hochman will be sworn in as Los Angeles' newest district attorney this Tuesday. Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, campaigned on a tough-on-crime platform, often criticizing his opponent for worsening public safety in the count...
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Records show Middleton billed the county for just over $1 million between June 2021 and October 2024. The average annual salary for a prosecutor in Los Angeles County is approximately $135,000, according to the Assn. of Deputy District Attorneys. Middleton’s pay came directly from the ...
Dist. Atty. Mary Carmack-Altwies defeated former Dist. Atty. Marco Serna in Sante Fe, where special prosecutors are preparing to bring Alec Baldwin to trial.
County district attorney’s office, to determine how the man got the ballots and what he planned to do with them, officials said. [Los Angeles Times] » Two former Chicano arts buildings were approved to be added to the city’s Historic-Cultural Monuments list. The Centro de Arte Publico...
flag raising, along with Supervisor Hilda Solis, county Assessor Jeff Prang and District Attorney George Gascón. Also in attendance at the ceremony is Sister Tootie Toot, a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a longtime LGBTQ+ activist group that made headlines in recent weeks when ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A high-profile attempt to recall a progressive district attorney in the nation’s most populous county has failed, after organizers were unable to collect sufficient, valid petition signatures to place the proposal before voters, election officials said Monday. In ...
“Family,” resulted in the arrest of Manson and his accomplices. Vincent Bugliosi, the Los Angeles district attorney who tried the case and secured the convictions, wrote a book about the crimes. TitledHelter Skelter—after a Beatles song Manson used a code word for the race war—it went ...
L.A. County’s newly minted District Attorney reversed course on the unpopular reform, but some worry it’s a sign of things to come Karen Ocamb Dec 21, 2020Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) LGBTQ voters and others were dumbstruck last week when...