"Probably" is not the word. Gascon is toast, no question about that. Of course D.A. is a county position, so they are voted on by many different communities from Lancaster to La Habra Heights. It will be weird having a semi-closeted Repub as D.A., but California seems to be moving more towards the "tough on crime" position in the cycle o…
"Probably" is not the word. Gascon is toast, no question about that. Of course D.A. is a county position, so they are voted on by many different communities from Lancaster to La Habra Heights. It will be weird having a semi-closeted Repub as D.A., but California seems to be moving more towards the "tough on crime" position in the cycle of crime and punishment policy. See also Prop 36 for another example of that trend. 36 will pass easily, increasing penalties for various crimes.
George Gascon will be the answer to a future CA politics trivia question: Who served as District Attorney in both San Francisco and Los Angeles counties?
"Probably" is not the word. Gascon is toast, no question about that. Of course D.A. is a county position, so they are voted on by many different communities from Lancaster to La Habra Heights. It will be weird having a semi-closeted Repub as D.A., but California seems to be moving more towards the "tough on crime" position in the cycle of crime and punishment policy. See also Prop 36 for another example of that trend. 36 will pass easily, increasing penalties for various crimes.
George Gascon will be the answer to a future CA politics trivia question: Who served as District Attorney in both San Francisco and Los Angeles counties?
And amazingly before that was the chief of police of Mesa, Arizona, a rather conservative city, and he was well respected.