He’s drawn a crowd: Here’s your quick intro to the 9 challenger field trying to unseat L.A. D.A. George Gascón in 2024 latimes.com/california/sto…

In a rare move, an L.A. County judge rejected a plea deal today that would have spared an LA Sheriff’s Deputy from jail time in the 2021 shooting death of David Ordaz Jr. latimes.com/california/sto…

If I’m late for work tomorrow, blame The Armed for being a goddamn delight.

Some shuffling is likely atop the L.A. D.A.'s office: Sharon Woo, the Chief Deputy/2nd-in-command, is retiring at the end of 2023, per a letter she sent out today. Unclear who will replace her.

That’s all from out here in the City Of Industry. I’ll have something of a primer on the largest L.A. D.A. Primary field ever (fact check pending) in the next few days Los Angeles Times

We've had a lot of frankly fact-divorced comments on 'zero bail' tonight but JOHN MCKINNEY raises the idea of use of Risk-Assessment tools, something like the Arnold Ventures metric, in place of cash bail, which is popular in some jurisdictions.

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Also with a lot of candidates repeating each other's talking points, notable Jeff Chemerinsky has been the only one to mention criminal justice reform or prioritizing violent crime to dig out from D.A.'s office's large case backlog. (I've reported its 10K cases, candidates say 13K.)

.Eric Siddall reminds the crowd he's probably been the biggest thorn in Gascon's side for a few years running now, via the LAADDA lawsuit that won an injunction limiting some of D.A. Gascon's policies back in 2021.

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They left an empty podium for D.A. Gascón. Eric Siddall won the dice roll apparently and has used the vacant seat as a prop in at least one answer, yelling at “this guy!” and pointing at the name plate.

.JOHN MCKINNEY gets the first round of applause of the night by promising to repeal “all 9 of the directives that George Gascon issued on his first day in office” if elected. These would be policies governing use of sentencing enhancements, trying juveniles as adults, etc.

If there is a silver lining to this horrific comment l, at least I learned two things from it:

1) Yanqi Xu is a journalist whose work I need to start following.

2) The Governor of Nebraska is a racist.

I will be penning an overdramatic Xanga post at the Hollywood Bowl for a few hours tonight. Please do not disturb.
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BREAKING: The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 500 people killed in an explosion at a hospital that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike. apnews.com/article/israel…

NEW: How conservatives are waging a coordinated, anti-LGBTQ+ culture war in California schools

Read my latest w/ Howard Blume Mackenzie Mays & Jim Cooke:

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George Gascón formally kicked off his re-election campaign today in L.A. flanked by Eunisses Hernandez , U.S. Rep. Tony Cardenas, state Assembly member Tina McKinnor and SEIU union leadership.

Security guard arrested in connection with multiple sexual assaults in Koreatown latimes.com/california/sto…