within 24 hours, they re back on the street committing crime. reporter: latest stats from the sheriff show robbery, burglary, and arson have actually fallen since gascon took office. unclear why. could be covid. but like many places, murder is way up. most crime is down except for homicides. that s a pretty big exception. yes. people are scared out there. yeah. reporter: the sheriff calls gascon s tenure god-awful and i can say it s been an absolute disaster. reporter: gascon s comeback. my dad used to say that when you wrestle with a pig, you both get muddy, and the pig likes it. reporter: what is going on with you and sheriff villanueva? he s running for election. he s got very strong opponents. reporter: for now, gascon s reforms roll on. if at some point the voters decide that this is not the direction they want to go and they want to go in a different direction, that s what a democracy is all about. reporter: by the way, he just wrote back to union pa
reporter: also for some headline making murders. a well loved beverly hills philanthropist shot dead in her home. a 70-year-old nurse murdered at a bus stop. a young clerk stabbed to death in a furniture store. you really have to wake up what s happening all over los angeles. reporter: the d.a. easily survived one recall attempt last year, but now faces another. he has abandoned all of us victims in favor of criminals. reporter: the union that represents gascon s own deputy d.a. s is suing him. yes, it is rare. reporter: claiming the directives are not merely radical, but plainly unlawful. he has created this environment where there is no accountability. criminals are arrested and within 24 hours they re back on the street committing crime. reporter: latest stats from the sheriff show robbery, burglary and arson have actually fallen since gascon took office. unclear why.
home. a 70-year-old nurse murdered at a bus stop. a young clerk stabbed to death in a furniture store. you really have to wake up what s happening all over los angeles. reporter: the d.a. easily survived one recall attempt last year, but now faces another. he has abandoned all of us victims in favor of criminals. reporter: the union that represents gascon s own deputy d.a. s is suing him. yes, it is rare. reporter: claiming the directives are not merely radical, but plainly unlawful. he has created this environment where there is no accountability. criminals are arrested and within 24 hours they re back on the street committing crime. reporter: latest stats from the sheriff show robbery, burglary and arson have actually fallen since gascon took office. unclear why. it could be covid. but like many place, murder is way up. most crime is down except for
reporter: latest stats from the sheriff show robbery, burglary, and arson have actually fallen since gascon took office. unclear why. it could be covid. but like many places, murder is way up. most crime is down except for homicide. yes. that s a pretty big exception. yes. reporter: people are scared out there. yeah. reporter: the sheriff calls ga gascon s tenure got awful while i can say it s been an absolute disaster for community reporter: gascon s comeback. my dad used to say that when you wrestle with a pig, you both get muddy and the pig likes it. reporter: what is going about with you and sheriff villanueva? he is running for election. i think it s important for the public to understand that his fight is not just with me. he s got a fight with every elected official other than donald trump. reporter: for now gascon s reforms roll on. if at some point the voters decide that this is not the direction they want to go and
robberies before christmas. whether it s fair or not to point the finger at him the finger is being pointed. reporter: also for some headline making murders, a well loved beverly hills fillenthropist shot dead in her home, a 70-year-old nurse murdered at a bus stop, a young clerk stabbed to death at a furniture store. you ve got to wake up what s happening all over los angeles. reporter: the da easily survived one recall attempt last year but now faces another. he has abandoned all of us victims in favor of criminals. reporter: the union that represents gascone s own deputy da is suing him. yes it is rare. reporter: claiming the directives are not merely radical but plainly unlawful. he has created this environment where there s no accountability. criminals are arrested, and within 24 hours they re back on the street committing crime. reporter: latest stats from the sheriff show robbery, burglary and arson have actually