The L.A. County Registrar's office has authorized recall organizers to start circulating their petition. The petition must receive valid signatures from no less than 10% of the registered voters in the county, 566,857, by July 6, 2022, to move forward.
The L.A. County Registrar’s office has authorized recall organizers to start circulating their petition. The petition must receive valid signatures from no less than 10% of the registered voters in the county, 566,857, by July 6, 2022, to move forward.
“The unfortunate truth is… if those defendants had been handled differently, not paroled, not released from custody, we might not have as many current victims now,” said Kathleen Cady, co-chair of the recall campaign and a former L.A. County prosecutor for more than 30 years.
Gascón has been under fire after crime surged in L.A., with his chief critic, Sheriff Alex Villanueva pointing to a massive jump in homicides. However, in the same period rapes and robberies have decreased. Prosecutors like Jonathan Hatami said criminals are emboldened by Gascón’s perceived “soft on crime” policies — specifically no bail on non-violent arrests.
“Even though the state has instituted zero bail, that doesn’t mean the DA can’t send his prosecutors into court to argue there should be bail in these cases,” said Hatami. “That’s called the law. He’s told his prosecutors they’re not allowed to do that.”“Los Angeles voters are far more interested in actually enchancing community safety for families, victims and all those living in L.A. County than they are in yet another politically motiviated recall attempt, especially after L.A.
Professor Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, and a supporter of Gascón said that he’s reforming the justice system.“We know that there is always an effort to block progress,” she said.
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