District Attorney Gascón: Part 4 - Nathan Hochman vs. George Gascón
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is locked in a tough reelection battle this November against Nathan Hochman. In candid, in-depth interviews with LAist Correspondent Frank Stoltze, Hochman and Gascón make the case for their differing approaches to running the country’s largest prosecutor’s office and differing views on criminal justice reform.
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| 0:34.6 | This is Imperfect Paradise, a show about the gap between the dream and reality. |
| 0:40.8 | You're listening to our series District Attorney Gascon. |
| 0:44.6 | I'm Antonia Sedejillo. |
| 0:46.6 | And I'm joined by L.A.ist Civics and Democracy correspondent Frank Stoltz. |
| 0:50.7 | Hey, Antonia. |
| 0:51.7 | Hi, Frank. |
| 0:52.9 | So recently, you and I headed to Whittier Boulevard in East L.A. |
| 0:56.8 | to meet this guy named Tony DeMarco. |
| 0:59.9 | Yeah, Tony heads up the Merchants Association on Whittier Boulevard. |
| 1:03.8 | He's kind of got his pulse on how business owners are feeling about crime. |
| 1:07.8 | Tony's a big supporter of Nathan Hawkman. |
| 1:12.6 | Oh, look, look. It's a Nathan Hockman campaign sign in his window. |
| 1:16.6 | Says Nathan Hockman, District Attorney, an independent prosecutor for change. |
| 1:21.6 | Nathan Hockman is running against George Gascon for District Attorney in the November election. |
| 1:26.6 | And Frank, we wanted to talk to Tony because we wanted to understand why he supports Hockman. |
| 1:32.4 | We met Tony at his pawn shop. |
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