Incumbent Los Angeles Democratic District Attorney George Gascón lost his re-election bid against former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, an independent candidate.
Rank-and-file prosecutors, whose union opposed Gascón’s candidacy and is involved in court battles with him, are welcoming their new boss as a return to normalcy after a tumultuous four years that saw a rise in violent crime, controversial top-down directives and about two dozen whistleblower retaliation lawsuits against the outgoing DA.
We have a new DA that will focus on fighting crime instead of fighting his own prosecutors,” Sanna told Fox News Digital. “Hochman’s focus will be protecting law-abiding citizens, not murderers and rapists.”
“It’s time for district attorneys to go back to the job they were elected to do — follow and enforce the laws, prosecute crime, support victims and do the right thing regardless of political affiliation,” said Jonathan Hatami, a deputy district attorney who vied for Gascón’s job, came up short in the primary race and threw his support behind Hochman.
Gascón lost. His fellow far-left district attorney in Alameda County, Pamela Price, was successfully recalled. And California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36, a criminal justice referendum that undid unpopular soft-on-crime policies Gascón and Price supported in the previously passed Proposition 47.