The field of challengers looking to oust L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón in 2024 expanded Monday to include the former president of the D.A.'s union, Eric Siddall, and veteran L.A. County Superior Court Judge Craig Mitchell.
Two more challengers joined the crowded field looking to unseat Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón in 2024: the head of the union that has been his chief antagonist during his first term and a veteran judge frustrated by watching the progressive’s policies play out in his courtroom.
that also now features Mitchell and Nathan Hochman, the Republican nominee for attorney general in 2022 who is running as an independent. A former high school teacher in Gardena and L.A.’s Crenshaw district, Mitchell joined the D.A.’s office in the 1990s and said he prosecuted a large number of domestic violence and sex abuse cases. He said teaching in schools where the student bodies were largely Black or Latino helped open his eyes to situations and circumstances facing defendants he might not have otherwise recognized.
In an interview earlier this month, Siddall painted himself as a centrist Democrat who can find a way to implement reforms without alienating his own prosecutors. Asked about some of his past comments, Siddall said attacking Gascón was not an assault on progressives because he believes his boss is a “progressive in name only.” He also warned that if Gascón’s reforms fail, the ultimate result will be to get more conservative prosecutors elected.
Mitchell also pointed to a situation last month in which he said someone charged with trafficking “20 kilos of methamphetamine” was given just three days in jail and probation under the terms of a deal worked out with the district attorney’s office.
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