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Most of George Gascón’s opponents have promised to reverse much of his agenda for ‘a referendum on reform’

Twelve candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles County District Attorney on March 5, 2024. Five candidates lead in endorsements and local media attention: incumbent George Gascón, Jeff Chemerinsky, Jonathan Hatami, Nathan Hochman, and Eric Siddall.

Welcome to the Wednesday, January 17, Brew. 

LOS ANGELES — Attorney Eric Early, a loyalist for former President Donald Trump who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2020, announced Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

LOS ANGELES — Standing in front of a packed room in Whittier, longtime line prosecutor Jonathan Hatami promised to “restore civility” to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office and stand up for the crime victims he insists George Gascon has forgotten.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sailed to victory in the Nov. 8 election, riding his progressive record on reproductive rights, gun control and social justice reform. As he charts a course for his next four years, the 50-year-old Democrat wants to target racial discrimination in health care,…

SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked early Friday by an intruder who broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and fractured his skull with a hammer in what a law enforcement source said appeared to be a targeted assault.

SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently” attacked early Friday, when an intruder broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and fractured his skull with a hammer, in what a law enforcement source said appeared to be a targeted attack.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has spent the last year and a half working on the same progressive issues he supported during his tenure in the California Assembly.

California Republican statewide candidates and officeholders have spent $10.4 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among statewide officials and candidates, Nathan Hochman has spent more than any other Republican.