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Steve Garvey coming on in an hour at 3 o'clock. But batting just ahead of Garvey is Eric Sedal, who is running for

LA County District Attorney, one of the strong candidates that wants to replace George Gascon.

And he's been the vice president of the association of deputy district attorneys,

and he has the endorsement of that organization, too.

Let's, Eric's in here in the studio.

Welcome.

Thank you for having me again.

Well, we've talked with you a lot.

In fact, you were on many times detailing the sins that Gascon has committed, not only against the public, but the deputy DAs and thwarting them from doing their job.

Today's news is that unlike what Gascon has been claiming, it looks like shoplifting in Los Angeles City, went up 81% last year.

Well, I mean, he has been lying his rear end off about crime statistics going down.

An 81% increase.

It's gone from 6,600 in 2022 to almost 12,000 cases.

And that's just the reported cases.

We all know there's thousands and thousands more unreported.

Talk about this.

I mean, this is tangible evidence that his policy stink.

Well, first of all, I just want to talk about unreported crime for a second.

So there's a survey that the U.S. Department of Justice does every year,

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