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Ramirez Officially Declares Candidacy for District Attorney
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The graphic above was included with Deputy District Attorney Maria Ramirez’s email announcing her candidacy foe district attorney. |
Deputy District Attorney Maria Ramirez, who began campaigning months ago for election next year as district attorney of Los Angeles County, yesterday officially declared her candidacy.
She said, in part:
Today is a big day for me. Not only is it my birthday, but today I am also officially launching my campaign to become Los Angeles County’s next District Attorney.
I have spent my entire career working to make LA County safer, rising from law clerk to the LA DA Office’s top Latina, and it breaks my heart to see how much has been undone so quickly.
My big wish for LA County is that we can turn the page on this failed chapter, and get back to the important business of creating a legal system that keeps people safe and is fair to everyone.
Too many people have needlessly become victims of crime. Too many people are changing their daily lives because they don’t feel safe anymore, afraid of becoming the next victim. Too many people are feeling helpless, wondering why more isn’t being done. And it doesn’t need to be that way. That’s why I’m running for District Attorney, and that’s why I need your help.
The challenge is daunting. Running in LA County is about as big of a challenge as exists in politics. Literally. LA County is larger than 40 out of 50 of the states in the USA. We have to get the word out to more than 10 million people across 88 cities.
George Gascon narrowly missed sharing the same fate as his San Francisco successor, the recalled Chesa Boudin, but he can’t escape what’s facing him next year.
LA County has already soured on George Gascon’s failed social experiments and lack of leadership. More than thirty cities have officially given Gascon a vote of “No Confidence.” And according to polling from UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies last year, voters disapprove of Gascon’s performance in office by more than a 2:1 margin (21% Approval / 46% Disapproval). All that’s left to knock over his house of cards is an opponent who isn’t afraid to stand up and speak truth to power, someone who can relate to the voters, someone they trust is like them and has their best interests at heart. Growing up in Boyle Heights, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, and spending my entire career working to make LA County safer, I know I can be that candidate. I know I can beat George Gascon. I know I can put LA County back on the road to both a safer community and a fairer one.
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