Election 2024: Candidates for LA County district attorney will debate on Sunday

The race to serve as the Los Angeles District Attorney for the next four years is heating up between incumbent George Gascón and Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor and U.S. Assistant Attorney General.

Gascón, who previously served as the district attorney in San Francisco and, before that, was an officer then an assistant chief in the Los Angeles Police Department, was elected L.A. District Attorney in 2020, buoyed by a base of progressive voters seeking major criminal justice...