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In June 2020, amid the George Floyd protests for criminal justice reform, Eric Garcetti, the incumbent Mayor of Los Angeles and Congressman Adam Schiff rescinded their prior endorsement of Lacey and endorsed her opponent George Gascón in the lead-up to the 2020 Los Angeles County District Attorney election. She lost to Gascón 53.53% to 46.47%.
The district attorney's office filed charges in just 47% of the misdemeanor cases it was presented last year, down from 72% in 2020, then-Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey's final year in office.
Four years after losing her seat to George Gascón, ex-L.A. Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey has endorsed Nathan Hochman in the 2024 race to be the county's top prosecutor.
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]
When George Gascón ousted Jackie Lacey from office in 2020, it marked the end of the most expensive district attorney's race in Los Angeles County history.. Four years later, the money is flowing ...
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is the largest local prosecutorial office in the United States. ... Jackie Lacey: 2012–2020 43. George Gascón ...
UPDATE, 11:19 AM: After a hard fought election and eight years in office, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has just conceded to George Gascón. Noting the ” contentious fight ...
Incumbent district attorney George Gascón was first elected in 2020, unseating two-term incumbent Jackie Lacey in a publicized election seen as a victory for criminal justice reform in Los Angeles. Gascón's tenure has been characterized by his liberal and progressive policies, such as opposition to capital punishment in California and ...