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George Gascón

March 04, 2023

George Gascón (born March 12, 1954) is an American attorney and former police officer who is the district attorney of Los Angeles County. A member of the Democratic Party and a former Republican,[1] Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor, he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD, and Chief of Police in Mesa, Arizona and San Francisco.

George Gascón
Official portrait, 2021
43rd District Attorney of Los Angeles County
Assumed office
December 7, 2020
Preceded byJackie Lacey
28th District Attorney of San Francisco
In office
January 9, 2011 – October 19, 2019
Preceded byKamala Harris
Succeeded bySuzy Loftus (interim)
Chesa Boudin
Chief of the San Francisco Police Department
In office
January 8, 2010 – January 9, 2011
Preceded byHeather Fong
Succeeded byGreg Suhr
Chief of the Mesa Police Department
In office
2006–2009
Preceded byDennis Donna
Succeeded byFrank Milstead
Personal details
Born (1954-03-12) March 12, 1954 (age 68)
Havana, Cuba
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations		Republican (formerly)
SpouseFabiola Kramsky
EducationCalifornia State University, Long Beach (BA)
Western State College of Law (JD)

Gascón was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1967 his family emigrated to the United States and settled in Bell, California. He joined the United States Army at the age of eighteen and became a sergeant.[2] After earning a Bachelor of Arts in history from California State–Long Beach, Gascón joined the Los Angeles Police Department as a patrol officer.

During his tenure with the Los Angeles Police Department, he attained the rank of assistant chief of police under Chief William Bratton. In 2006, Gascón was appointed chief of police for the Mesa Police Department. He had frequent clashes with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over immigration sweeps targeting Latinos.[3] In 2009, then-Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Gascón as the chief of police for the San Francisco Police Department. In 2011, after Kamala Harris was elected California Attorney General, Newsom appointed him to be the San Francisco district attorney. He was subsequently elected in his own right in November 2011, and again in 2015.[4] In 2020, Gascón unseated incumbent Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey with a reformist agenda.[5] Gascón's liberal and progressive policies received backlash during his time in San Francisco and Los Angeles, leading to several recall attempts in the latter role.[5][6]

Early life and education

Gascon was born on March 12, 1954, in pre-Communist Cuba. Shortly after the Cuban Revolution in 1959, his father lost his job for alleged anti-government activity, and his uncle, a union organizer, was jailed for over a decade.[7] In 1967, Gascón and his family emigrated from Cuba to the United States.

The family settled in Bell, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.[8] At the age of thirteen, Gascón enrolled in Los Angeles Unified School District schools where he struggled to learn English. He recalled: "I was spending hours translating everything with a Spanish-English dictionary. I started missing a lot of school."[9] By 1972, he dropped out of Bell High School.[9][10]

Gascón joined the United States Army in 1972. In the army, he earned his high school diploma and two years toward an undergraduate degree.[10] Gascón served in the 64th Military Police Detachment, much of it in Germany.[10] In 1975, he received an honorable discharge as a sergeant.[10] After the Army, Gascón completed a Bachelor of Arts in history from California State-Long Beach while working sales jobs.[10]

Los Angeles Police Department

In 1978, Gascón joined the Los Angeles Police Department as a patrol officer.[10] After a three-year stint with the LAPD, he returned to work in business management.[10] He served as a reserve officer in the Hollenbeck Division of LAPD until 1987.[10] In 1987, he returned to LAPD as a full-time police officer.[11] Upon his return, he rose through the ranks of LAPD as a Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Commander, and Deputy Chief in 2002.[12] During his time with LAPD, Gascón earned his J.D. degree from Western State College of Law in 1996.

Training Commander after Rampart scandal

In 2000, he took command of the LAPD training unit at the height of the Rampart scandal.[10] He was in command of the LAPD training unit, overseeing the LAPD Academy and in-service training, during the federal government's oversight of police reforms. Even though there was a mandate for reform, then-Police Chief Bernard Parks did not allocate funding for additional training.[13] Gascón used a grant that had originally been funded to research community-policing strategies, and produced three hundred thousand additional training hours.[13]

One of his first orders as training commander was to create an ethics training manual for the LAPD.[13] He also implemented problem-based learning and posted a copy of the bill of rights in every LAPD classroom. Michael Gennaco, the former head of the United States Justice Department's civil rights division said at the time: "He fundamentally changed the way the LAPD teaches its officers about civil rights."[10]

In 2002, Gascón applied to be the Los Angeles Police Department Chief of Police. He wanted to partner with community agencies to reduce California's prisoner-recidivism rate.[13] William Bratton was ultimately appointed Chief of Police.

Assistant Chief of Police

In 2003, he was sworn in as Assistant Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department under Chief William Bratton.[12][14] In 2004, Gascón oversaw the daily operations of the department.[10] William Bratton credited Gascón with helping reduce the rate of violent crime in Los Angeles at that time.[3]

Mesa Chief of Police

In 2006, Gascón was hired as Chief of Police for the Mesa Police Department.[15] Gascón had frequent clashes with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over immigration sweeps allegedly targeting Latinos. Arpaio regularly conducted saturation patrols and immigration sweeps, targeting Latino neighborhoods and day laborers. Arpaio allegedly stopped cars with Latino drivers or passengers to check their immigration status.[3][16] Gascón condemned the policies and tactics of Arpaio and his deputies, and actively worked to protect the Latino community in Mesa.[3] He testified at a 2009 Congressional hearing regarding the civil rights abuses committed by state and local police functioning as federal immigration agents. [17]

Gascón served as chief of the Mesa, Arizona police department from 2006 to 2009.[18]

San Francisco Chief of Police

 
Chief Gascón with U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi in 2010

Gascón served as San Francisco Police Department chief from August 2009 to January 2011, succeeding Heather Fong. He was replaced by Greg Suhr.[19] In 2009, San Francisco saw a significant drop in homicides, falling from 96 in 2008 to 45 in 2009. At the time, Gascón attributed the dramatic drop in homicides to the policies enacted by his predecessor. Between 2009 and 2011, (reported) violent crime decreased in San Francisco by 3%.[20]

In March 2010, Gascón made remarks about San Francisco's susceptibility to terrorism by the "Middle Eastern community" that upset Arab-Americans.[21][22] Several San Francisco police officers accused Gascón of calling African-Americans "those people" in "a derogatory way." Gascón denied making those remarks.[23][24]

San Francisco District Attorney

 
Gascón at San Francisco Pride in 2011.

In 2011, in his last act as Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom appointed Gascón as San Francisco District Attorney, filling the seat vacated by Kamala Harris. Gascón was subsequently elected in his own right in November 2011, and again in 2015.[4] In 2018, Gascón announced that he would not be seeking re-election, citing his need to care for his mother in Los Angeles.[25][26] He resigned from his San Francisco District Attorney position in October 2019.[27]

Bail reform

Gascón advocated for the end of cash bail.[28] Gascón brought the Public Safety Assessment (PSA) tool to San Francisco to assist courts in making bail decisions more equitably. Initial results indicate that for the 15 months following the implementation of the PSA tool, only 6% of defendants released went on to commit a new crime while awaiting trial, roughly half the rate observed during a similarly recorded period of time in 2006 during which cash bail was used exclusively to determine which defendants were released awaiting trial.[29]

Criticism

During Gascon's time as District Attorney, property crime increased by 49%. Some of Gascon's critics have blamed this increase on his office's reluctance to file charges against "High-level" offenders; during Gascon's tenure, misdemeanor charges were only filed in 40% of cases presented by the San Francisco Police Department.[30] Having worked with Gascon, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and City Attorney Dennis Herrera declined to endorse him in his bid to become the District Attorney of Los Angeles County; Breed and Herrera instead endorsed his opponent, the incumbent Jackie Lacey.[31]

Drug policy

In 2018, Gascón announced that he would apply California's Adult Use of Marijuana Act retroactively to every marijuana case since 1975 in order to level the playing field for those adversely affected by the criminalization of marijuana. The move cleared misdemeanor convictions and reduced felony convictions for those entitled for record relief under the act.[32] He partnered with Code for America, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, which kicked off a national movement resulting in dozens of cities across the country clearing marijuana convictions.[33]

Prop 47, which was co-authored by Gascón, reduced simple drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor in California.[34]

Data management system

Gascón implemented and launched California's first prosecutorial data management system, similar to CompStat, called DA Stat.[35] This internal data collection tool is part of a trend toward "data-driven prosecution".

Investigations of police officers

Gascón launched a blue-ribbon panel,[36] which was set to investigate a scandal in the San Francisco Police Department regarding allegations that homophobic and racist texts had been exchanged between 14 or more police officers in 2014.[37]

In 2016, following recommendations of both the Department of Justice and Blue Ribbon Panel, Gascón secured funding to create the Independent Investigations Bureau, which investigates shootings involving police officers, excessive force, and in-custody deaths.[38]

Juvenile offenders

Gascón helped launch San Francisco's Young Adult Court in 2015.[39] He described the program as "a hybrid of the adult and juvenile justice systems tailored to the biology and circumstances of offenders 18 to 24."[39] In the program, a prosecutor refers a case to the Alternative Sentencing Planner (ASP) who determines if alternatives to incarceration in the community are appropriate.[40]

In 2019, Gascón supported San Francisco's move to close Juvenile Hall, citing studies showing that incarceration of juveniles significantly increases a young person's likelihood of recidivism and that "California's juvenile facilities aren't rehabilitating kids or making our communities safer."[41]

Gascón has taken a like approach to prosecuting youth in Los Angeles County, launching a program to spare minors from criminal charges for burglary, vehicle theft, arson, sexual battery, assault, and robbery in cases that resulted in no serious harm and involved no firearms, depending on the victims’ agreement, the offenders’ admission of responsibility, and the expectation that offenders meet their victims. This program’s description in a memo drew prompt criticism from other officials, such as Sacramento Dist. Atty. Anne Marie Schubert, who called it “reckless,” and Los Angeles Deputy Dist. Atty. John Hatami, who noted that it failed to bar offenders who used weapons other than guns.[42] "I don’t think any reasonable or experienced prosecutor would issue blanket policies,” said Hatami, “but George Gascón has no experience … in any court.”[43] Similarly, when a 17-year-old offender in a potentially fatal hit-and-run case was sentenced to five months’ detention in a juvenile probation camp, Deputy Dist. Atty. John McKinney denounced Gascón for leniency: "I would have been considering attempted murder charges and at least assault with a vehicle.… He obviously cares more for offenders than he does for victims."[44]

Legislation

Gascón coauthored Senate Bill 962, legislation requiring a "kill switch" on all smartphones sold in California.[45]

Gascón co-authored Proposition 47 that reduced many crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. Proposition 47, according to one study, has reduced the disparity in arrests in San Francisco between Caucasians and African Americans by nearly half.[46] Some have criticized the law.[47][48]

Sexual assault

Gascon filed a civil complaint against Uber alleging that the company failed to protect riders from sex offenders and other people who have been convicted of serious felonies.[49]

Weekend rebooking

Gascon expanded the DA's Charging Unit to support "weekend rebooking" in order to reduce the jail population and reduce time in custody.[50]

Los Angeles County District Attorney

In 2019, Gascón announced he was running to be the District Attorney for Los Angeles County.[51] Contributions against Gascón largely came from law enforcement groups, such as one million dollars from the Los Angeles Police Protective League,[52] while contributions to his campaign came from progressive donors like George Soros, Patty Quillin and Reed Hastings.[53] Gascón's campaign was endorsed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.[54] Gascón campaigned on a platform of criminal justice reform, including opposing the death penalty and ending the practice of charging children as adults.[55][56] During the race, he indicated that he supported creating a civil rights division within the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.[57] Gascón defeated incumbent D.A. Jackie Lacey on November 6, 2020.[58]

Tenure

George Gascón was sworn in as the 43rd District Attorney of Los Angeles County on December 7, 2020. [59][60] Gascón implemented a series of policies on his first day as Los Angeles County D.A. by announcing that his office would not seek cash bail for certain minor offenses and would seek release for those currently awaiting such bail, would never seek the death penalty, and would end the charging of children as adults. He also announced plans to reevaluate any sentence for which the prisoner had already served 20 years, and to reopen several cases of officer-involved shootings that had been declined for filing from the previous eight years.[61]

Crime Victims Advisory Board

In December 2020, Gascón established the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office first Crime Victims Advisory Board.[62] [63] The group is composed of survivors of various forms of crime who meet regularly, seek input from the larger community, and advise the office on policies related to victims' needs in relation to the criminal justice system. [62]

Death Penalty

Gascón is against the death penalty.[61] In 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on capital punishment in California, however the sentence was still being sought in Los Angeles County.[64] Gascón withdrew the sentence of death being sought in 17 active cases upon taking office.[65] Gascón also announced his office is reviewing cases of those on California's death row from Los Angeles County who may be resentenced to life without parole.[66]

2022 Los Angeles City Council Recordings

Gascón is referenced on the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal leaked audio recordings of a meeting between Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez, Councilmember Gil Cedillo, Councilmember Kevin de León and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera. The audio recordings gained widespread attention due to the personal attacks, racist and colorist language, and discussion of political goals. The participants were discussing gerrymandering when Martinez stated, "Fuck that guy ... He's with the Blacks", referring to District Attorney George Gascón.[67]

Criticism

Gascón's policies have sparked outrage from some victims and their families, and revolt from some of his own prosecutors, who have sought to block him in court.[68][69][70] In at least one case, a criminal who received a light sentence due to Gascon’s policies was recorded gloating about the lack of severity to their sentencing, not having to register as a sex offender, or go back to prison. [1]

Recall efforts

Within a week of Gascón assuming office, a Facebook page launched to garner support for recalling him from office.[71] February 2021, an effort began to place a proposition on an upcoming ballot to remove Gascón from office.[72] While the recall's most visible supporter is Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, it is led by former District Attorney Steve Cooley,[73] as well as Desiree Andrade and Tania Owen, two women who lost relatives to violent crime.[74][75] In March 2021, the effort to recall Gascón was started after a petition was approved, to which the group would need to gather 579,062 by October 2021.[76][77] In September 2021, the recall effort failed after the group were unable to gather enough signatures for the October deadline, but the group vowed to retry at a later time.[78]

Subsequently, a third attempt to recall the District Attorney began. On June 15, 2022, the group announced that they had secured more than 566,857 signatures required to officially make the ballot, with them shifting focus onto gathering more signatures to help with any invalidated signatures.[79][80] The group behind the recall effort submitted the signatures on July 6, 2022.[81] On July 9, 2022, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk announced that the campaign had submitted 715,833 signatures, and would be conducting the verification process by using a 5% random sample of the total signatures.[82] On July 14, the Registrar announced that it has completed its check and would proceed to checking all the ballots.[83][84] On August 15, 2022, the recall petition failed as the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk stated that 195,783 signatures were invalid.[85]

Publications

  • "New Training Program Helps LAPD Meet Training Mandates", Police Chief, November 2001[86]

Awards

  • Visionary Award (2017), Southern California Leadership Network[87]
  • Top 100 Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal[88]
  • Anti-Defamation League's Civil Rights Award[89]

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This article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints Please improve the article by adding information on neglected viewpoints or discuss the issue on the talk page February 2022 George Gascon born March 12 1954 is an American attorney and former police officer who is the district attorney of Los Angeles County A member of the Democratic Party and a former Republican 1 Gascon served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019 Prior to his work as a prosecutor he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD and Chief of Police in Mesa Arizona and San Francisco George GasconOfficial portrait 202143rd District Attorney of Los Angeles CountyIncumbentAssumed office December 7 2020Preceded byJackie Lacey28th District Attorney of San FranciscoIn office January 9 2011 October 19 2019Preceded byKamala HarrisSucceeded bySuzy Loftus interim Chesa BoudinChief of the San Francisco Police DepartmentIn office January 8 2010 January 9 2011Preceded byHeather FongSucceeded byGreg SuhrChief of the Mesa Police DepartmentIn office 2006 2009Preceded byDennis DonnaSucceeded byFrank MilsteadPersonal detailsBorn 1954 03 12 March 12 1954 age 68 Havana CubaPolitical partyDemocraticOther politicalaffiliationsRepublican formerly SpouseFabiola KramskyEducationCalifornia State University Long Beach BA Western State College of Law JD Gascon was born in Havana Cuba In 1967 his family emigrated to the United States and settled in Bell California He joined the United States Army at the age of eighteen and became a sergeant 2 After earning a Bachelor of Arts in history from California State Long Beach Gascon joined the Los Angeles Police Department as a patrol officer During his tenure with the Los Angeles Police Department he attained the rank of assistant chief of police under Chief William Bratton In 2006 Gascon was appointed chief of police for the Mesa Police Department He had frequent clashes with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over immigration sweeps targeting Latinos 3 In 2009 then Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Gascon as the chief of police for the San Francisco Police Department In 2011 after Kamala Harris was elected California Attorney General Newsom appointed him to be the San Francisco district attorney He was subsequently elected in his own right in November 2011 and again in 2015 4 In 2020 Gascon unseated incumbent Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey with a reformist agenda 5 Gascon s liberal and progressive policies received backlash during his time in San Francisco and Los Angeles leading to several recall attempts in the latter role 5 6 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Los Angeles Police Department 2 1 Training Commander after Rampart scandal 2 2 Assistant Chief of Police 3 Mesa Chief of Police 4 San Francisco Chief of Police 5 San Francisco District Attorney 5 1 Bail reform 5 2 Criticism 5 3 Drug policy 5 4 Data management system 5 5 Investigations of police officers 5 6 Juvenile offenders 5 7 Legislation 5 8 Sexual assault 5 9 Weekend rebooking 6 Los Angeles County District Attorney 6 1 Tenure 6 1 1 Crime Victims Advisory Board 6 1 2 Death Penalty 6 1 3 2022 Los Angeles City Council Recordings 6 1 4 Criticism 6 1 5 Recall efforts 7 Publications 8 Awards 9 References 10 External linksEarly life and education EditGascon was born on March 12 1954 in pre Communist Cuba Shortly after the Cuban Revolution in 1959 his father lost his job for alleged anti government activity and his uncle a union organizer was jailed for over a decade 7 In 1967 Gascon and his family emigrated from Cuba to the United States The family settled in Bell California a suburb of Los Angeles 8 At the age of thirteen Gascon enrolled in Los Angeles Unified School District schools where he struggled to learn English He recalled I was spending hours translating everything with a Spanish English dictionary I started missing a lot of school 9 By 1972 he dropped out of Bell High School 9 10 Gascon joined the United States Army in 1972 In the army he earned his high school diploma and two years toward an undergraduate degree 10 Gascon served in the 64th Military Police Detachment much of it in Germany 10 In 1975 he received an honorable discharge as a sergeant 10 After the Army Gascon completed a Bachelor of Arts in history from California State Long Beach while working sales jobs 10 Los Angeles Police Department EditIn 1978 Gascon joined the Los Angeles Police Department as a patrol officer 10 After a three year stint with the LAPD he returned to work in business management 10 He served as a reserve officer in the Hollenbeck Division of LAPD until 1987 10 In 1987 he returned to LAPD as a full time police officer 11 Upon his return he rose through the ranks of LAPD as a Sergeant Lieutenant Captain Commander and Deputy Chief in 2002 12 During his time with LAPD Gascon earned his J D degree from Western State College of Law in 1996 Training Commander after Rampart scandal Edit In 2000 he took command of the LAPD training unit at the height of the Rampart scandal 10 He was in command of the LAPD training unit overseeing the LAPD Academy and in service training during the federal government s oversight of police reforms Even though there was a mandate for reform then Police Chief Bernard Parks did not allocate funding for additional training 13 Gascon used a grant that had originally been funded to research community policing strategies and produced three hundred thousand additional training hours 13 One of his first orders as training commander was to create an ethics training manual for the LAPD 13 He also implemented problem based learning and posted a copy of the bill of rights in every LAPD classroom Michael Gennaco the former head of the United States Justice Department s civil rights division said at the time He fundamentally changed the way the LAPD teaches its officers about civil rights 10 In 2002 Gascon applied to be the Los Angeles Police Department Chief of Police He wanted to partner with community agencies to reduce California s prisoner recidivism rate 13 William Bratton was ultimately appointed Chief of Police Assistant Chief of Police Edit In 2003 he was sworn in as Assistant Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department under Chief William Bratton 12 14 In 2004 Gascon oversaw the daily operations of the department 10 William Bratton credited Gascon with helping reduce the rate of violent crime in Los Angeles at that time 3 Mesa Chief of Police EditIn 2006 Gascon was hired as Chief of Police for the Mesa Police Department 15 Gascon had frequent clashes with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over immigration sweeps allegedly targeting Latinos Arpaio regularly conducted saturation patrols and immigration sweeps targeting Latino neighborhoods and day laborers Arpaio allegedly stopped cars with Latino drivers or passengers to check their immigration status 3 16 Gascon condemned the policies and tactics of Arpaio and his deputies and actively worked to protect the Latino community in Mesa 3 He testified at a 2009 Congressional hearing regarding the civil rights abuses committed by state and local police functioning as federal immigration agents 17 Gascon served as chief of the Mesa Arizona police department from 2006 to 2009 18 San Francisco Chief of Police Edit Chief Gascon with U S Representative Nancy Pelosi in 2010 Gascon served as San Francisco Police Department chief from August 2009 to January 2011 succeeding Heather Fong He was replaced by Greg Suhr 19 In 2009 San Francisco saw a significant drop in homicides falling from 96 in 2008 to 45 in 2009 At the time Gascon attributed the dramatic drop in homicides to the policies enacted by his predecessor Between 2009 and 2011 reported violent crime decreased in San Francisco by 3 20 In March 2010 Gascon made remarks about San Francisco s susceptibility to terrorism by the Middle Eastern community that upset Arab Americans 21 22 Several San Francisco police officers accused Gascon of calling African Americans those people in a derogatory way Gascon denied making those remarks 23 24 San Francisco District Attorney Edit Gascon at San Francisco Pride in 2011 In 2011 in his last act as Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom appointed Gascon as San Francisco District Attorney filling the seat vacated by Kamala Harris Gascon was subsequently elected in his own right in November 2011 and again in 2015 4 In 2018 Gascon announced that he would not be seeking re election citing his need to care for his mother in Los Angeles 25 26 He resigned from his San Francisco District Attorney position in October 2019 27 Bail reform Edit Gascon advocated for the end of cash bail 28 Gascon brought the Public Safety Assessment PSA tool to San Francisco to assist courts in making bail decisions more equitably Initial results indicate that for the 15 months following the implementation of the PSA tool only 6 of defendants released went on to commit a new crime while awaiting trial roughly half the rate observed during a similarly recorded period of time in 2006 during which cash bail was used exclusively to determine which defendants were released awaiting trial 29 Criticism Edit During Gascon s time as District Attorney property crime increased by 49 Some of Gascon s critics have blamed this increase on his office s reluctance to file charges against High level offenders during Gascon s tenure misdemeanor charges were only filed in 40 of cases presented by the San Francisco Police Department 30 Having worked with Gascon San Francisco Mayor London Breed and City Attorney Dennis Herrera declined to endorse him in his bid to become the District Attorney of Los Angeles County Breed and Herrera instead endorsed his opponent the incumbent Jackie Lacey 31 Drug policy Edit In 2018 Gascon announced that he would apply California s Adult Use of Marijuana Act retroactively to every marijuana case since 1975 in order to level the playing field for those adversely affected by the criminalization of marijuana The move cleared misdemeanor convictions and reduced felony convictions for those entitled for record relief under the act 32 He partnered with Code for America a 501 c 3 non profit organization which kicked off a national movement resulting in dozens of cities across the country clearing marijuana convictions 33 Prop 47 which was co authored by Gascon reduced simple drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor in California 34 Data management system Edit Gascon implemented and launched California s first prosecutorial data management system similar to CompStat called DA Stat 35 This internal data collection tool is part of a trend toward data driven prosecution Investigations of police officers Edit Gascon launched a blue ribbon panel 36 which was set to investigate a scandal in the San Francisco Police Department regarding allegations that homophobic and racist texts had been exchanged between 14 or more police officers in 2014 37 In 2016 following recommendations of both the Department of Justice and Blue Ribbon Panel Gascon secured funding to create the Independent Investigations Bureau which investigates shootings involving police officers excessive force and in custody deaths 38 Juvenile offenders Edit Gascon helped launch San Francisco s Young Adult Court in 2015 39 He described the program as a hybrid of the adult and juvenile justice systems tailored to the biology and circumstances of offenders 18 to 24 39 In the program a prosecutor refers a case to the Alternative Sentencing Planner ASP who determines if alternatives to incarceration in the community are appropriate 40 In 2019 Gascon supported San Francisco s move to close Juvenile Hall citing studies showing that incarceration of juveniles significantly increases a young person s likelihood of recidivism and that California s juvenile facilities aren t rehabilitating kids or making our communities safer 41 Gascon has taken a like approach to prosecuting youth in Los Angeles County launching a program to spare minors from criminal charges for burglary vehicle theft arson sexual battery assault and robbery in cases that resulted in no serious harm and involved no firearms depending on the victims agreement the offenders admission of responsibility and the expectation that offenders meet their victims This program s description in a memo drew prompt criticism from other officials such as Sacramento Dist Atty Anne Marie Schubert who called it reckless and Los Angeles Deputy Dist Atty John Hatami who noted that it failed to bar offenders who used weapons other than guns 42 I don t think any reasonable or experienced prosecutor would issue blanket policies said Hatami but George Gascon has no experience in any court 43 Similarly when a 17 year old offender in a potentially fatal hit and run case was sentenced to five months detention in a juvenile probation camp Deputy Dist Atty John McKinney denounced Gascon for leniency I would have been considering attempted murder charges and at least assault with a vehicle He obviously cares more for offenders than he does for victims 44 Legislation Edit Gascon coauthored Senate Bill 962 legislation requiring a kill switch on all smartphones sold in California 45 Gascon co authored Proposition 47 that reduced many crimes from felonies to misdemeanors Proposition 47 according to one study has reduced the disparity in arrests in San Francisco between Caucasians and African Americans by nearly half 46 Some have criticized the law 47 48 Sexual assault Edit Gascon filed a civil complaint against Uber alleging that the company failed to protect riders from sex offenders and other people who have been convicted of serious felonies 49 Weekend rebooking Edit Gascon expanded the DA s Charging Unit to support weekend rebooking in order to reduce the jail population and reduce time in custody 50 Los Angeles County District Attorney EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2022 In 2019 Gascon announced he was running to be the District Attorney for Los Angeles County 51 Contributions against Gascon largely came from law enforcement groups such as one million dollars from the Los Angeles Police Protective League 52 while contributions to his campaign came from progressive donors like George Soros Patty Quillin and Reed Hastings 53 Gascon s campaign was endorsed by California Governor Gavin Newsom Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris U S Senator Bernie Sanders and U S Senator Elizabeth Warren 54 Gascon campaigned on a platform of criminal justice reform including opposing the death penalty and ending the practice of charging children as adults 55 56 During the race he indicated that he supported creating a civil rights division within the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office 57 Gascon defeated incumbent D A Jackie Lacey on November 6 2020 58 Tenure Edit George Gascon was sworn in as the 43rd District Attorney of Los Angeles County on December 7 2020 59 60 Gascon implemented a series of policies on his first day as Los Angeles County D A by announcing that his office would not seek cash bail for certain minor offenses and would seek release for those currently awaiting such bail would never seek the death penalty and would end the charging of children as adults He also announced plans to reevaluate any sentence for which the prisoner had already served 20 years and to reopen several cases of officer involved shootings that had been declined for filing from the previous eight years 61 Crime Victims Advisory Board Edit In December 2020 Gascon established the Los Angeles County District Attorney s office first Crime Victims Advisory Board 62 63 The group is composed of survivors of various forms of crime who meet regularly seek input from the larger community and advise the office on policies related to victims needs in relation to the criminal justice system 62 Death Penalty Edit Gascon is against the death penalty 61 In 2019 California Gov Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on capital punishment in California however the sentence was still being sought in Los Angeles County 64 Gascon withdrew the sentence of death being sought in 17 active cases upon taking office 65 Gascon also announced his office is reviewing cases of those on California s death row from Los Angeles County who may be resentenced to life without parole 66 2022 Los Angeles City Council Recordings Edit Gascon is referenced on the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal leaked audio recordings of a meeting between Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez Councilmember Gil Cedillo Councilmember Kevin de Leon and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera The audio recordings gained widespread attention due to the personal attacks racist and colorist language and discussion of political goals The participants were discussing gerrymandering when Martinez stated Fuck that guy He s with the Blacks referring to District Attorney George Gascon 67 Criticism Edit Gascon s policies have sparked outrage from some victims and their families and revolt from some of his own prosecutors who have sought to block him in court 68 69 70 In at least one case a criminal who received a light sentence due to Gascon s policies was recorded gloating about the lack of severity to their sentencing not having to register as a sex offender or go back to prison 1 Recall efforts Edit Within a week of Gascon assuming office a Facebook page launched to garner support for recalling him from office 71 February 2021 an effort began to place a proposition on an upcoming ballot to remove Gascon from office 72 While the recall s most visible supporter is Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva it is led by former District Attorney Steve Cooley 73 as well as Desiree Andrade and Tania Owen two women who lost relatives to violent crime 74 75 In March 2021 the effort to recall Gascon was started after a petition was approved to which the group would need to gather 579 062 by October 2021 76 77 In September 2021 the recall effort failed after the group were unable to gather enough signatures for the October deadline but the group vowed to retry at a later time 78 Subsequently a third attempt to recall the District Attorney began On June 15 2022 the group announced that they had secured more than 566 857 signatures required to officially make the ballot with them shifting focus onto gathering more signatures to help with any invalidated signatures 79 80 The group behind the recall effort submitted the signatures on July 6 2022 81 On July 9 2022 the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder County Clerk announced that the campaign had submitted 715 833 signatures and would be conducting the verification process by using a 5 random sample of the total signatures 82 On July 14 the Registrar announced that it has completed its check and would proceed to checking all the ballots 83 84 On August 15 2022 the recall petition failed as the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder County Clerk stated that 195 783 signatures were invalid 85 Publications Edit New Training Program Helps LAPD Meet Training Mandates Police Chief November 2001 86 Awards EditVisionary Award 2017 Southern California Leadership Network 87 Top 100 Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal 88 Anti Defamation League s Civil Rights Award 89 References Edit Gascon a former Republican becomes a Democrat ahead of political run The San Francisco Examiner January 14 2011 Retrieved February 23 2022 Stoltze Frank George Gascon Has Said We Need To Turn Our Court System Upside Down Now He s Running To Be LA s Next DA LAist Archived from the original on May 9 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 a b c d Stern Ray July 10 2008 Mesa Police Chief George Gascon stares down Sheriff Joe Arpaio Phoenix New Times Archived from the original on August 1 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 a b SFDOE Results sfelections org Retrieved February 11 2023 a b Arango Tim June 19 2021 Los Angeles Just Elected a Liberal D A He s Already Facing a Recall Effort The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved February 24 2022 Sernoffsky Evan October 21 2019 George Gascon was a progressive DA in progressive San Francisco Why did he make so many enemies San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved February 23 2022 Beyond the Law District Attorney George Gascon s threat to San Francisco s business as usual SF Weekly June 9 2016 Archived from the original on March 16 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 George Gascon running to unseat Jackie Lacey Los Angeles Blade February 20 2020 Archived from the original on February 27 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 a b Nevius C W January 7 2012 George Gascon From high school dropout to DA SFGate Archived from the original on March 4 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k He Said No to Naysayers Los Angeles Times June 4 2004 Archived from the original on March 4 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Rivera Carla January 10 2011 San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon named district attorney The Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on March 4 2020 Retrieved February 9 2020 a b Two New Assistant Chiefs to be Sworn In at Police Commission Meeting Los Angeles Police Department lapdonline org Archived from the original on June 10 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 a b c d Fremon Celeste September 4 2002 Rewriting the Book LA Weekly Archived from the original on July 31 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Chief Bratton Makes Three Great Picks LA Community Policing www lacp org Archived from the original on August 1 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Branom Mike Gascon to lead Mesa police department East Valley Tribune Archived from the original on July 31 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 George Gascon The Fight For Justice UCLA Blueprint Archived from the original on May 14 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 State and Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws C SPAN org www c span org Retrieved February 11 2023 Mayor Picks Arizona Chief Archived August 21 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 24 2018 From High School Dropout to Police Chief Archived May 3 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 Berton Justin January 2 2011 S F cops Homicide up overall violent crime down SFGate Archived from the original on August 1 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Keeling Brock March 26 2010 Police Chief Gascon Angers Middle Eastern and Arab Community SFist Archived from the original on May 16 2016 Retrieved April 27 2016 Knight Heather March 26 2010 Police chief s remarks on terrorism anger Arabs SF Gate Archived from the original on May 13 2016 Retrieved April 27 2016 Ho Vivian March 9 2016 SF D A Gascon s divide with law enforcement deepens San Francisco Chronicle Archived from the original on April 24 2016 Retrieved April 27 2016 SF Police Union Officials Claim DA Gascon Made Racist Remarks At Drunken Party CBS SF Bay Area March 2 2016 Archived from the original on June 5 2016 Retrieved April 27 2016 KGO October 3 2018 San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon will not seek reelection ABC7 San Francisco Archived from the original on July 31 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon named district attorney Los Angeles Times January 10 2011 Archived from the original on March 4 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Lagos Marisa October 3 2019 San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Resigns KQED Archived from the original on October 4 2019 Retrieved October 4 2019 State must make cash bail system just and protect public safety Archived October 7 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 Bail or Jail Tool Used by San Francisco Courts Shows Promising Results Archived May 3 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 Queally James February 18 2020 How Jackie Lacey s and George Gascon s time in office shapes the L A County D A s race The Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on July 21 2020 Retrieved July 21 2020 McGahan Jason November 23 2019 Why Do Officials Who Worked with George Gascon in S F Appear to Be Snubbing Him Now Los Angeles Magazine Archived from the original on August 1 2020 Retrieved July 21 2020 San Francisco To Expunge Thousands Of Marijuana Convictions Archived October 7 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 SF district attorney to wipe out 9 000 plus pot cases going back to 1975 Archived October 7 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 Prop 47 is necessary to put war on drugs behind us SFChronicle com November 23 2018 Archived from the original on March 6 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 SF DA Gascon launches state s first website showing prosecution data Archived July 9 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 Blue Ribbon Panel Archived November 14 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 San Francisco cops accused of exchanging racist text messages Archived October 7 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 The San Francisco District Attorney is now the lead investigator of police shootings Archived June 25 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 a b Singal Jesse April 18 2017 San Francisco s Trying to Lock Up Fewer Young Men by Heeding Cognitive Science The Cut Archived from the original on November 15 2018 Retrieved April 29 2020 Changing the Life Trajectory of Justice Involved Young Adults in San Francisco www hks harvard edu Archived from the original on July 31 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Open Forum San Francisco is right to close juvenile hall SFChronicle com June 10 2019 Archived from the original on August 1 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Queally James December 21 2021 Gascon launches juvenile diversion program amid claims it goes too far Los Angeles Times Wallace Danielle February 8 2022 Los Angeles assistant DA rips George Gascon for failing kids by not prosecuting DUIs as new recall underway Fox News Haskell Josh June 10 2022 Venice woman hit by teen driver while walking with baby in stroller speaks out against Gascon KABC TV Cell Phone Thefts Decrease in S F Archived October 7 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 Research finds Prop 47 has reduced racial disparities in drug arrests Archived October 7 2019 at the Wayback Machine Referenced October 9 2019 Movement builds to correct major flaw in Prop 47 Los Angeles Times Archived February 28 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 28 2020 Criminal justice reform is a great cause Defending a bad law isn t San Diego Union Tribune Archived December 30 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 30 2019 KGO August 20 2015 San Francisco district attorney says Uber hires killers rapists ABC7 San Francisco Archived from the original on August 1 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 City has a plan to prevent unneeded weekend jail stays SFChronicle com June 20 2017 Archived from the original on April 3 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Arango Tim October 28 2019 George Gascon Enters Race for District Attorney in Los Angeles The New York Times Archived from the original on November 4 2019 Retrieved February 9 2020 LA Police Union Contributes 1 Million To Anti George Gascon PAC The Appeal Archived from the original on April 25 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Here are the mega donors and police unions pouring millions into L A County D A Race Los Angeles Times Twitter Instagram Email Facebook August 25 2020 Gov Gavin Newsom endorses George Gascon in Los Angeles County D A s race Los Angeles Times Retrieved February 11 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last1 has generic name help Criminal justice reformer wins LA district attorney s race AP NEWS May 1 2021 Retrieved February 11 2023 staff Times November 4 2020 From George Gascon to jail diversion criminal justice reform got a big boost in California Los Angeles Times Retrieved February 11 2023 Munoz Anabel December 12 2019 LA County DA challengers address homelessness death penalty during debate ABC7 Los Angeles Archived from the original on April 16 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 Kamisher Eliyahu November 6 2020 George Gascon Wins Race For Los Angeles D A In Major Victory For Progressive Prosecutor Movement The Appeal Meet the DA Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office da lacounty gov Retrieved February 11 2023 George Gascon Sworn In As DA Lays Out Extensive Ambitious Series Of Reforms LAist December 7 2020 Retrieved February 11 2023 a b Meeks Alexandra Holcombe Madeline December 8 2020 New Los Angeles DA announces end to cash bail the death penalty and trying children as adults CNN Retrieved December 9 2020 a b A New Volunteer Board Is Looking at How L A County Can Better Serve Crime Victims Los Angeles Magazine May 6 2021 Retrieved February 11 2023 USC Social Work Professor and Alumna Appointed to First Ever Los Angeles County Crime Victims Advisory Board USC Suzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work Retrieved February 11 2023 Twitter Instagram Email Facebook June 18 2019 Under D A Jackie Lacey only people of color have been sentenced to death report says Los Angeles Times Retrieved February 11 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last1 has generic name help Highly Unusual For A DA Gascon Touts His Push To Cut Prison Sentences LAist March 17 2021 Retrieved February 11 2023 Jeunesse William La August 9 2022 LA DA Gascon vows to resentence inmates on racist death row angering victims families Fox News Retrieved February 11 2023 Peltz Jon October 9 2022 In Leaked Audio LA City Councilmembers Hurl Racist Comments Knock LA Retrieved February 11 2023 Hayes Rob December 15 2020 LA County DA George Gascon s plan to reduce sentences sparks concern from his own prosecutors KABC Retrieved December 16 2020 Hayes Rob December 15 2020 Crime victims families lash out at LA County DA George Gascon over new policies KABC Retrieved December 16 2020 White Jeremy B California prosecutors revolt against Los Angeles DA s social justice changes POLITICO Retrieved January 27 2021 Crime victims families lash out at LA County DA George Gascon over new policies ABC7 Los Angeles December 15 2020 Retrieved February 11 2023 Poston Ben February 27 2021 Victims rights advocates launch recall effort against newly elected L A Dist Atty George Gascon Los Angeles Times Retrieved March 18 2021 An Effort to Recall Los Angeles D A George Gascon is Underway What Happens Now Los Angeles Times May 21 2021 Los Angeles County registrar approves recall petition for Dist Atty George Gascon Los Angeles Times January 28 2022 Retrieved February 24 2022 Suter Leanne March 1 2021 Recall effort launched against LA County DA George Gascon with support from Sheriff Villanueva ABC 7 Eyewitness News Retrieved March 18 2021 Group launches recall campaign against LA County District Attorney George Gascon Los Angeles Daily News February 27 2021 Signature gathering approved for recall effort against DA George Gascon organizers say KABC TV May 20 2021 Stoltze Frank September 16 2021 Effort To Recall LA DA Gascon Fails Backers Vow To Try Again LAist Gascon recall campaign says it has more than 566 857 signatures enough to officially make ballot KABC TV June 15 2022 Los Angeles DA George Gascon recall group says it has collected required signatures to put matter on ballot KTTV June 15 2022 Saucedo Carlos July 6 2022 Recall petitions against L A County DA Gascon delivered KTLA Carcamo Cindy July 9 2022 715 833 signatures turned in to recall L A County D A Gascon election officials say Los Angeles Times LA County to review signatures submitted to recall Gascon Daily Breeze July 14 2022 Sabes Adam July 14 2022 LA County DA George Gascon recall effort clears first hurdle as registrar prepares full check of signatures Fox News Queally James August 15 2022 Effort to force L A Dist Atty George Gascon into recall election fails Los Angeles Times NCJRS Abstract National Criminal Justice Reference Service www ncjrs gov Archived from the original on August 1 2020 Retrieved April 29 2020 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