BREAKING: The city of Pico Rivera just approved a vote of no confidence in L.A. County District Attorney #GeorgeGascon's special directives. The cities of Santa Clarita and Beverly Hills previously approved votes of no confidence in DA Gascon. La Mirada is considering one. @FOXLA
Pico Rivera city councilman Andrew Lara, who says he has no confidence in Gascon's policies, said this vote cannot be painted as the doing of "white Republicans" like Santa Clarita or Beverly Hills. He says he is a Democrat, and he has to put policy before party here. @FOXLA
A representative from Gascon's administration spoke live at the city council meeting and said that Gascon's policies are meant to "advance public safety, equity, victim's services, and strengthen police accountability."
@LACoSheriff spoke and slammed Gascon's policies. @FOXLA
@LACoSheriff spoke and slammed Gascon's policies. @FOXLA
Councilman Lara said he was offended by comments from Gascon's representative that his directives are "the people's directives" because Gascon won the election. Lara pointed out that voters voted to keep the death penalty, and he said anyone who kills an officer deserves to die.
The vote of no confidence passed 3-2. The two councilmembers who opposed, Monica Sanchez & Gustavo Camacho, said there isn't enough data on the impact of Gascon's policies yet and they urged the majority to push the vote to another day. Majority felt Gascon reforms are dangerous.
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