George Gascon: A Poxy on Los Angeles

In November 2020, George Gascon, the former District Attorney for San Francisco from 2011 to 2019, and a former Assistant Police Chief for the Los Angeles Police Department, defeated the incumbent, Jackie Lacey, to become the new District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles. Gascon ran on a platform of progressive ideas, primarily based on ending cash bail, banning prosecutors from seeking enhanced prison sentences, and…