Goodbye and good riddance…
Californians have finally voted to oust “the worst DA in Los Angeles history.”
Nathan Hochman defeated incumbent progressive prosecutor George Gascón in the race for Los Angeles County district attorney as crime was seen as a top issue of the 2024 election cycle.
Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, campaigned as a “hard middle” candidate, rejecting both mass incarceration and the “public safety failure” of Gascón’s liberal policies, which Hochman said led to increased crime and a lack of consequences for juvenile offenders.
“The voters of Los Angeles County have spoken and have said enough is enough of D.A. Gascón’s pro-criminal extreme policies; they look forward to a safer future,” Hochman said in a statement early Wednesday. “As D.A., I look forward to representing all of the people, whether they voted for me or not, since their safety will be my responsibility.”
The FBI’s preliminary data for 2022 had predicted that violent crime dropped by a slim 2.1% from 2021-2022. The FBI updated the data in October, however, and found that violent crime actually rose by 4.5%.
The prosecutors’ union called Hochman’s victory a “pivotal moment in the fight to return balance and accountability to the justice system.”
Gascón has faced two recall attempts as the state grew increasingly discontent with progressive policies. He is also facing a lawsuit from the union representing the prosecutors who work in his office for withholding information on a close ally in an alleged violation of the California Public Records Act (CPRA), per Fox News.
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