Candidate for Los Angeles County District Attorney in 2024 California General Election.
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Get StartedMy commitment to upholding the law and rule of law is firm. When it comes to women’s reproductive health, my approach as DA will be clear: I will enforce the laws on the books without bias or political influence. In California, the law guarantees safe access to reproductive healthcare, and the right to an abortion is enshrined in our state constitution. It is my responsibility to protect these rights. I will safeguard women and healthcare workers involved in seeking and providing reproductive health services, ensuring their legal and constitutional protections are respected. Learn more
I take an oath to uphold all the laws, not just the laws I like. As long as the death penalty is the law of California – having prevailed on the ballot twice in the last 12 years – I will honor my oath and subject it to the highest level of review, considering its charging in the most heinous of cases to which it applies. Learn more
As District Attorney, I will hold those fentanyl poisoners/murderers fully accountable for their actions of spreading this poison throughout our communities. Every fentanyl dealer will be warned of the severe repercussions to their liberty if they kill a person with their poison. And I will work to bring a massive education effort to students and their parents in middle and high schools about the lethal danger fentanyl poses. Learn more
I will instruct my deputies to prosecute “smash-and-grab” robbers to the full extent of the law, rather than send them back to the streets as Gascon has done. This will keep dangerous criminals behind bars unable to reoffend, provide a sense of safety to small business owners and their customers, and deter gang members and others from committing these crimes. When the state makes funding available to fight organized retail theft, I will travel to Sacramento to make sure the L.A. County DA’s Office gets the resources it needs to stop the epidemic of organized retail crime. In contrast, Gascon declined the state’s offer of millions of dollars as “smash and grab” robberies spread throughout the County. Moreover, with my prior experience leading task forces, I will lead the Organized Retail Crime Task Force, set up by Mayor Karen Bass, rather than take a backseat as Gascon has done, not even being invited to the press conference establishing the task force. Learn more
Violent crime is on the rise in California due to early release policies that have let criminals off the hook. As LA County District Attorney, Nathan will be a leader in keeping our families, businesses, and communities safe. Learn more
From Day 1, I will bring environmental justice to all LA county residents who have suffered from chemical or oil spills in their neighborhoods, polluted water in their water supply, streams, rivers and ocean, and dangerous and toxic air pollution from environmental criminals. We will change the “environment” in which such criminals operate to one of justice and enforcement instead of the current one of lax or no enforcement. Learn more
Justice is not served by one-size-fits-all policies implemented by our current DA. On my first day in office, I will rescind all of Gascon’s pro-criminal, blanket policies that have “de-carceration” as their primary goal. These policies represent one end of the pendulum swing designed to release violent and serious criminals before they serve their full sentences and not prosecute such criminals in the first place to the full extent of the law. I reject blanket policies on both ends of the pendulum swing, those of “mass incarceration” and “Gascon’s de-incarceration” and instead advocate the “hard middle.” The “hard middle” is hard because it requires work, experience, and years of judgment to analyze each case individually, focusing on the defendant, the crime(s) committed, and the impact on the victim(s). This approach will determine who the true threats are to our public safety and must be behind bars and the ones that aren’t, such as a first-time, non-violent offender, for whom community service or a diversion program may be the best path to have them pay back their debt to society. Learn more
I will eliminate Gascon’s prohibition of the use of strikes, sentencing enhancements, and special allegations. These laws were created by the Legislature, and in some cases the voters, to add additional prison time for the most violent crimes and the most violent offenders. Under my administration, violent criminals who use guns or other deadly weapons will be prosecuted and punished, not released back to the street to commit more crimes. The one group that has been most assuredly paying attention to Gascon’s pro-criminal policies has been the criminals themselves. Under my administration, they will understand that the lines will not be moved in their direction but fairly, justly, and consistently enforced in accordance with the evidence and the law. Learn more
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