Wife, Mother of Murder Victims Urge Support for Recall of District Attorney
LOS ANGELES The widow of a sheriff’s sergeant who was shot to death while responding to a call of a burglar and the mother of a murder victim who was dumped off a cliff in Azusa Canyon called on the public May 26 to support a recall effort for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.
“George Gascon, your days are numbered …,” Tania Owen, the widow of Sgt. Steve Owen, said during a news conference outside the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles. “We will have a new election next year and someone else who is for the victims will be the head of the District Attorney’s Office.”
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Signature-gathering has been approved for the effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, organizers announced Thursday.
Backers of the recall must gather valid signatures from 579,062 registered voters in the county 10% of the total number of voters in the county by Oct. 27 for the recall to qualify for the ballot. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
Elected officials must be in office for at least 90 days before a recall effort can be started. Gascón was sworn in on Dec. 7.
Signature-Gathering Approved For Recall Effort Against DA George Gascon
LOS ANGELES Petitions are available May 21 for the effort to recallLos Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.
Elected officials must be in office for at least 90 days before a recall effort can be started. Gascon was sworn in last Dec. 7. Recall organizers announced May 20 they had received approval to gather signatures.
Gascon has drawn criticism from crime victims and prosecutors over various directives, including not seeking the death penalty, not seeking sentencing enhancements in most cases and keeping cases involving juveniles out of adult courts.
“George Gascon got elected by disguising a radical, dangerous, and pro-criminal agenda as ‘criminal justice reform,’ but that’s not what he is doing,” said Desiree Andrade, organizer and spokeswoman for the effort to recall Gascon.
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Photographer Gary Miyatake Passes at 69
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By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor
Members of Cesar Chavez’s family were among those attending a dedication ceremony for Gary Miyatake’s portrait of Chavez, held at the Japanese American National Museumi in March 2015. From left: Christine Chavez of the Cesar Chavez Foundation; Margaret Salazar-Porzio from the Smithsonian Institution; Paul Chavez of the Cesar Chavez Foundation; Miyatake; and Rep. Maxine Waters. (MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo)
GARDENA Gary Toyo Miyatake, a third-generation photographer of the famed Miyatake family, passed away at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance on Dec. 29 after suffering a stroke. He was 69.