When I announced my campaign 7 weeks ago, I was so excited to finally share my plan for a safer & better LA with all of you. From being the first DDA to speak out about George Gascón’s dangerous “day 1” directives & standing up to his failed leadership, it’s been quite a journey for my family & me. I’ve been all over the county from San Dimas to Lancaster, listening & meeting so many of you. And all of you have been right there with me. I thought now would be a good time to share with those of you who might be new to Team Hatami a little more about my story & what led me to step up and make this run for District Attorney. So much about what I stand for – what I believe in –where I came from, is all in this video. The support I’ve received in these weeks since kicking off my campaign has been humbling & inspiring. Thank you! I need you in this fight with me. Together, we’ll make Los Angeles safer for all of us. Visit JonathanHatami.com to donate TODAY! it will go a long way toward helping my campaign have the resources we’ll need to beat Gascón & his special interest donors.

George Gascon’s LA: In Venice - don’t walk your dog In Beverly Hills - don’t wear jewelry or watches In Watts - avoid large gatherings In Weho - don’t jog with headphones In Santa Monica - don’t own a business In LA - don’t use the Metro Store owners- let them steal Car owners - catalytic converter theft is your fault. Don’t leave anything in your car. Don’t go to restaurants. Don’t shop. Don’t use public restrooms. Don’t go to the beach. Don’t go to the park. Don’t prosecute certain crimes. And Gascón - “crime is overwhelmingly down in LA.” Do we really want to live like this? Time for a change. Let’s vote Gascón out!

Many of us saw the horrific video of Rachel’s case on the news. She was walking in Venice with her 8 mo old son when the unthinkable happened. Under George Gascón, someone almost kills them and he gets only 5 mos in camp. That is not “reform,” it’s not justice, & it’s not fair.

Newsom has completely abandoned his job and is so obsessed with running for president. His tweets, his statements and this obsession with Texas and national politics is not helping anyone here in CA. It’s unhinged behavior. We have the highest grocery prices. Highest electricity bills. Highest gas taxes. Highest homeless veterans. We can’t account for billions in taxpayer dollars and have no clue how to even help fire victims rebuild their homes. We continue to lose businesses and jobs. Parts of LA didn’t even have drinkable water for a time. Home burglaries and street takeovers continue to be a problem - this has gone on for years. 70% of us supported Prop 36 because we know there’s a crime problem here but Newsom won’t make funding it a priority. The Electeds up in Sacramento are some of the most radical politicians and the laws they come up with are beyond scary. Read a couple of Newsom’s recent tweets - he looks like a child throwing a tantrum. It’s unbecoming. This isn’t someone who is an actual leader. Can’t we just have some normal reasonable people in charge of CA?

In CA: We have the most expensive gas We have the highest taxes We can’t get affordable homeowners insurance or sometimes any insurance at all. We have the most expensive utilities We had three of the most radical DA’s in Boudin, Gascón and Price We have an out of control state assembly and senate that prioritizes violent criminals over the rest of us We shut down schools for almost 2 years We have major crime issues We have the highest unemployment fraud in the country Medi-cal is out of money. We are missing billions of taxpayer dollars that were supposed to help the homeless. We refuse to protect students in our own colleges We also refuse to fund Prop 36 even though 70% of us supported it. Almost every CA politician supported defunding the police and are now lying about that. But … Newsom is rolling out the state-funded high heat map???? Can we just start voting for some normal people. Just normal, reasonable people.

Over the weekend, a woman was arrested for slamming her car into stores, destroying several businesses and burning a car in LA. She was released on $0 bail. Yesterday, she went on a crime spree, setting approximately 10 fires, almost killing two people who were sleeping in a car, and completely destroying Florist Mark’s Garden in Sherman Oaks. My thoughts and prayers go out to Mark and all the victims. This is not prioritizing public safety. $0 bail and George Gascón have completely left out the victims and the safety of our communities. It isn’t right. We must take LA back.

Californians were mailed inaccurate voter guides about Prop 50. The State announced that it would mail postcards correcting the information to voters, which is likely to cost MILLIONS of DOLLARS. Specifically, on page 11 of the voter guide, a proposed and hotly contested congressional district (my district) that includes the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys was mislabeled as Congressional District 22. It is actually District 27. This is our State, run by Newsom and the radicals in Sacramento, at work. This is what happens when you rush through something like this for power instead of trying to do the right thing for the people.

If you are critical of the policies implemented in Los Angeles over the last 6-7 years, that doesn’t make you a “Republican” or a “Democrat.” That doesn’t make you “pro-Trump” or “anti-Trump.” That doesn’t even mean you are making a political statement. Some of us like LA, this is our home and we want it to be better & safer. That’s it. Some of us are raising our children here and want them to be safe. We want better schools. We want safer neighborhoods. We want more affordable housing. We don’t support defunding the police. We never did. We are pro-family. We don’t support Gascón or any politician who is pro-criminal and doesn’t care about victims. We are not concerned about the murderer. We are concerned about the lives lost and their families. We are tired of our high gas prices and ever increasing taxes. We just want home owners insurance even if we live in Santa Clarita or Antelope Valley, or other “high” fire areas. We want our first responders to be safe and supported. We don’t believe any law protecting someone here illegally who is also committing crimes against innocent people is a good policy-it’s pandering and wrong. Laws are supposed to protect law abiding people. That isn’t controversial. Public safety doesn’t mean protecting the criminal over a child. We believe in compassionate treatment, not open air drug markets. It took us to 2025 and the last state in the nation to finally give a tax break for veterans retirement. We care about our veterans. We never supported $0 bail. We also never supported keeping children out of school for almost 2 years. That was child abuse. And, most of us don’t support looting, vandalism or blocking freeways preventing people from getting to work, school, home, to their children or to medical appointments. We want businesses to be safe and to thrive. And if you want us to rely on public transportation, it must be safe. All of the above are common sense, reasonable, normal things for any parent, really any person to want. If people want to leave bc of the above-America is so great, there are many places to go. I respect that. If people want to stay and want to make LA better, like Roxanne and I, I respect that as well. We need you. We will keep fighting on.

Gascón held a press conference today in downtown LA about cold case murders which quickly turned into a presser about the numerous smash and grab robberies & burglaries in Los Angeles County and Gascon’s soft-on-crime approach. Gascón immediately went on the defensive, scolding one reporter and trying to say that wrongdoers will be held accountable. He became frustrated and livid at the questioning from the media telling them to look at his record. Gascón-no one believes you anymore. Not the public and not the media. You came into office cheering and high-fiving about all the people you were going to release from prison, all the crimes, charges, allegations and enhancements you weren’t going to charge, all the victims you would abandon and $0 bail. Crime skyrocketed. You then repeatedly told miss-truths, made excuses, said you were evolving, and what happened -you have spent three years trying to fix your disastrous term in office. It’s really time for you to go Gascón! You are beholden to special interests. I’m beholden to no one but the people. Time to bring public safety & real reforms back to LA.

There are still votes to be counted but I believe the 4-year reign of George Gascón is finally over. Gascón will go down as the worst DA in LA history. Even though it has been one of the most difficult 4 years of my professional life where I continue to go to work every single day under hostile conditions, and 4 years where my family and I have been through so much that hasn’t been publicly discussed, I won’t ever regret standing up on Dec 15, 2020 and being the first DDA to publicly speak out & challenge Gascon’s illegal and unethical directives. I also don’t regret fighting as hard as I could, every spare second I had, to recall Gascon. No matter what my family and I have been through, it doesn’t compare to the injustices so many victims and their families have suffered under Gascón. I want to congratulate @NathanHochmanDA on becoming the District Attorney of Los Angeles County. And I stand ready to work with DA Hochman and continue my service & leadership to our great LA community by making sure all of us, especially our children, families and vulnerable members, are safe. The DA must always follow the law, prioritize public safety, do the right thing and not politicize the People’s office. A lot of people have disappointed me during this journey. And many, including most elected officials, stood by and said nothing when it wasn’t popular to speak out. But I’ll never be like that. I’ll keep fighting for all of you and I’ll speak out, challenge and fight again and again as justice requires. My journey continues. And our journey to turn our county around has just begun. Don’t be afraid to speak out. Even if you are the only one. Keep fighting. Let’s make sure LA is safe for our children and our next generation.

Four years ago George Gascón sadly became the Los Angeles County District Attorney. Today he’s officially GONE. He’s out of office. George-I hope you hear me-I’m still standing. I’m still here. I am and always will be a proud Deputy District Attorney. Honor above all else. It was never your office George. It was always the People’s.

Jimmy Kimmel’s net worth: $50 million Stephen Colbert’s net worth: $75 million This is who Newsom is concerned with. Not people who can’t buy a house; can’t get insurance; can’t pay for groceries; can’t use public transportation safely; can’t enjoy a park downtown without seeing a person overdose on fentanyl; can’t get a building permit because their house burned down because we had no water; can’t live in a house in the Valley without their house being burglarized or their street being taken over; can’t have lights on their bridges because of copper wire thieves; can’t walk their children to school without being harassed and threatened; or can’t swim in our oceans without a feces alert. Misplaced priorities. Our electeds in CA don’t really care about you. They just care about your vote and their next job. We can do better.

The second Recall of LA DA George Gascón has officially started. 160 days to collect approximately 570,000 signatures. If you truly care about victims, survivors, and the safety of our children and families, you will sign the petition and get involved in your community.

ADDA vote in. 97.9% in favor of supporting the RECALL OF GEORGE GASCÓN. 83.3% voted! 💥

BREAKING: The El Monte City Council just voted 5-0 in favor of a vote of NO CONFIDENCE in George Gascón! Thank you El Monte for supporting victims, families, children and the families of Officers Santana and Paredes!

It is a sad day for LA. The Gang and Narcotics units have both been slashed in half. This will lead to more violence on our streets and more victims in our communities. And it puts public safety at greater risk.

Gangs of thieves are now targeting restaurants across the Los Angeles City area, putting employees and sometimes customers at risk. Burglaries at restaurants in LA City are up 103% in 2023, compared to 2019 year to date. The owner of seven branches of Marmalade Cafe said: “There’s definitely a deterioration of law and order in this city.” The owner of Casa Vega “now pays $100,000 a year to employ an armed guard outside her restaurant during business hours.” The day 1 policies of George Gascón, his continued “defund the police” rhetoric, his cheering & support of $0 bail, and more than 2 yrs of no or very limited consequences for crime have definitely contributed to this lawlessness. It’s not fair to the business owners or their families, their employees or their customers. It’s not fair to our community. Gascón has gotta go. We must prioritize public safety. Day one I will do that! Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024.

A Beverly Hills mansion seized by the State of California and controlled by the LA Superior Court has been taken over by a “very sophisticated criminal ring of squatters” who are earning upwards of $30,000 a month renting out rooms and throwing parties with $100 entry fees. Taxpayers are currently paying for the utilities. When neighbors begged Gascón’s office to turn off the utilities, Gascon’s office said: “squatters have rights.” Between Feb 5 & March 5, all Angelenos get to vote for DA. It’s really time we all vote Gascón out. If you want a positive change, vote for HATAMI for LADA 2024.

Newsom and the radicals in Sacramento cause numerous insurance companies to leave CA. Then, most of the remaining insurance companies either cancel your homeowners policy or just refuse to renew you if you live in a “fire zone.” Now, the “Fair” Plan, the insurance company created by Newsom and the radicals, which is the only insurance many of us can get for fire insurance, wants to raise our rates by 35.8%. And our insurance commissioner is taking trips around the world, going on safaris and paying thousands for security with our taxpayer dollars instead of actually doing his job. Again-why are we voting for these people?

Newsom’s special election for California’s partisan redistricting proposition will cost all of us in CA $282.6 million. -We can’t fund Prop 36 -We can’t locate billions in taxpayer funds that were supposed to go to the homeless -Newsom’s insurance commissioner spends our money on vacations in Bermuda while most of us can’t even get homeowner’s insurance -We can’t properly fund or staff police or fire -We overcharge for electric and can’t even provide drinking water at times -We have the highest rate of homeless veterans in the country -One of the highest poverty rates in the country -The state and LA city have a major budget deficit -We don’t properly fund our schools -Our roads & freeways are a mess But hey, we will spend millions to do partisan gerrymandering so we can give our failed politicians even more power. Makes sense.

The governor of the great State of California saying to the Vice President of the United States, “how about saying it to my face?” Our leaders are children.

So, both suspects, one between 2014-2025, and the other between 2021-2025, got CA drivers licenses, received probationary services, served prison time in county jail because of AB109, got the use of court appointed defense attorneys, received plea deals, never paid any taxes to America, and took advantage of our LA and CA sanctuary laws and now an innocent dad (Juan Sanchez) is murdered and two children don’t have a father anymore, and all our elected “leaders” in LA support this? There’s a big difference between supporting families and being humane vs allowing repeat criminal offenders to remain in America and eventually murder our own citizens. My Prayers 🙏🏽 to the family and rest in peace Juan

Most of us in the North County and many other locations in LA can’t even get homeowner’s insurance. However, our elected insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, who was supported by Newsom, and who is now running for Lt Governor, has used taxpayer dollars to: -Take more than 48 trips across the globe -Upgraded flights to business & first class -Years of travel records missing from the State (Newsom? Bonta?) -5 star hotel stay in New York ($11,600) -Private security in NY ($9,400) -5 day trip to Bogota, Columbia ($24,000) -Cape Town, South Africa (2 1/2 week trip) (records are missing but security detail cost $33,000) (we also paid for hiking equipment, a safari and spa treatment) There’s just a complete lack of integrity with our CA elected officials. Can our state government put aside politics and actually conduct an investigation on this person and can you all please not vote for this person for Lt Governor in 2026?

The total number of cities suing over LA County’s $0 bail policy has now reached 29! A court hearing is set for December in Orange County. Thank you to the following cities for fighting for Public Safety!: -Whittier -Santa Clarita -Lancaster -Palmdale -Beverly Hills -Artesia -Covina -Downey -Glendora -Lakewood -Industry -Santa Fe Springs -Vernon -Arcadia -La Verne -Azusa -La Mirada -Baldwin Park -Cerritos -Irwindale -Paramount -Rosemead -San Dimas -Santa Monica -Duarte -West Covina -Manhattan Beach -Norwalk -Torrance Stronger Together!

When Gascón, the co-author of Prop 47, left San Francisco, property crimes ⬆️37%. Now, almost daily in Los Angeles under Gascón we see dramatic, brazen and sometimes violent daytime smash & grab robberies and burglaries where gangs of thieves storm high-end stores making off with armloads of expensive goods. We have also had an increase in follow-home robberies & many times these robberies happen even before you get into your car when innocent Angelenos leave a restaurant after having a meal. Gascón has created an environment here in Los Angeles where there is absolutely no accountability for your criminal actions. And even if the wrongdoers are arrested, they are usually released hours later and are back in our communities committing crimes again. There are many differences between Gascón and I, but one is that when I am LA DA, if you commit a crime, you will be held accountable & you will be punished. There will be consequences for your criminal actions. I also believe in rehabilitation, but there must first be accountability and punishment. Under Gascón, most wrongdoers know, especially 16 & 17-yr-olds, that there just doesn’t exist any type of punishment for committing robberies or burglaries in LA anymore. Time for Gascón to be voted out.

George Gascón went to the “Jonathan Club” yesterday morning to talk about his “criminal justice reforms.” He was asked about the daily smash and grab burglaries, $0 bail, the lack of accountability for crime and Prop 47. As usual, Gascón blamed everyone but himself. First, he blamed all the retail stores. He said the businesses were actually at fault. He said many of these thefts were from the employees themselves and too many retail stores have multiple entrances and exits and needed to be more like Best Buy and have just one. So, Gascón is blaming the victim. Second, Gascón blamed the police. He said they weren’t doing their job and apprehending suspects. This is the same Gascón who supported defunding the police throughout 2020 and 2021, refuses to prosecute numerous crimes, won’t collaborate with LE, and wasn’t even invited to the organized retail theft task force because he is an ineffective DA. Third, he blamed LASD and the jails for releasing suspects early. Gascón doesn’t want you to remember he supported Props 47 and 57 and AB 109, and refuses to charge crimes appropriately. So, I guess that’s all law enforcements fault too? Lastly, Gascón blamed the judges. Gascón doesn’t want you to remember that he dictated a $0 bail policy on Dec 7, 2020, supported $0 bail, cheered, high-fived and repeatedly tweeted about $0 bail (his Twitter is now gone) and he refused to testify before the judge regarding $0 bail. A true leader owns up to his mistakes, accepts responsibility, and has a plan to make our community better and safer. He doesn’t blame everyone else. He’s the DA. He sets the tone and implements policy. I’m not perfect. I never have been. But I care about you. I will never blame the victim. I will work with our small businesses and retail stores. And I have a plan. And I will prioritize your safety on day 1. That’s a promise. I’ve been fighting for children’s safety all my adult life. I will fight for yours. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024.

When did it become okay for newly elected DA’s in LA, NY and elsewhere to start off by announcing how they weren’t going to prosecute crime and claim somehow that’s a “reform.” Not holding people accountable for their criminal actions is not justice, not safe, and not a reform.

So, George Gascón went on @ABC7 the other day and said he didn’t support $0 bail for burglary, theft, conspiracy, grand theft and organized retail theft. Then when confronted with the fact that Gascón himself implemented $0 bail for smash and grab burglaries and mob style organized retail theft the first day he took office on Dec 7, 2020, he said “my feelings were irrelevant” and the “only tool we have is cash bail.” Then Gascón flip flopped again and said he’s actually against money bail for those crimes because “under the current structure,” we don’t have enough room in the county jails-even though Gascón himself created this “structure,” with Prop 47 and other laws he crafted and supported. Today-guess what? He’s taking a poll on if Angelenos support or oppose the new LA court and county mandated bail policy. He also added that $0 bail has made Angelenos more safe and money bail actually causes more crime. More gaslighting. Under Gascón there is a complete lack of leadership when it comes to public safety. He flip-flops, takes polls, blames everyone else, misstates the truth, and has no real care for businesses, their employees, the customers or the community. It’s time to vote him out. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024. I will lead by example, prioritize public safety, prosecute crime, take ownership of mistakes, and truly care about the safety of our community.

A new study ranked the 148 most populated cities in America. Public safety was one of the factors. Worst run #148 - San Francisco Second worst #147 - Oakland #139 - Los Angeles Vote differently

Let’s talk about this entire Tesla situation: So, you are mad because your person lost the presidential election. You then decide to vandalize an innocent person’s car because the car manufacturer supports the other guy. The innocent person now has to file a police report which could take hours or possibly days. The innocent person also needs to file a report with his/her insurance carrier which could take hours, days, or even weeks. The innocent person then needs to pay his/her deductible to get his/her car fixed. If this innocent person was a Trump supporter, well now he’s even more of a Trump supporter. If this innocent person was a Harris supporter, well now he or she is likely a Trump supporter. Oh, and the person who did the vandalizing, if caught and prosecuted, will be a convicted felon. In many states, a convicted felon can’t vote. So, this Tesla plan, you can throw that in the bin with vote for Gascón, Newsom’s Covid policies, defund the police and don’t prosecute crime. It’s childish and really, really dumb. Grow up.

The sales tax in most LA cities is now 10.50%. Palmdale and Lancaster are even higher at 11.25%. Riverside Co - 8.75% Orange Co - 7.75% Kern Co - 8.25% San Bernardino Co - 7.75% Ventura Co - 7.25% LASD-short over 1,000 Deputies. LAPD - short over 1,000 Officers. LADA-short hundreds of prosecutors. Fire-short firefighters, paramedics and engines. Homeless programs - “leaders” don’t even know where millions went or what services were even provided. We don’t even have enough buses to transport inmates to court. LA “leaders” continue to get more and more money and our city & county continues to get worse and worse. There is just a complete lack of properly and transparently funded public safety in LA. Vote differently.

The reign of Chesa Boudin is over. We will do the same here in Los Angeles and Recall George Gascón if we all work together for 30 more days and make every single signature matter! We can have reasonable criminal justice reforms without sacrificing public safety.

The George Gascón Recall has collected 300,000 signatures. We have approx. 72 days to collect 566,857. Together-we can do this! We can make LA a better & safer place for our children & families.

Anyone who purchases a 16 or 17-year-old child for sex should be guilty of a felony. Period. We should not need a “hearing” on this. All of us want to know who in Sacramento, who exactly on the public “safety” committee thinks purchasing sex from a child isn’t a felony? Sacramento is broken. Vote differently.

Let me get this straight, Bass comes out and says, “We will not stand for this.” Then almost every single elected official in Los Angeles jumps on social media and says variations of the same thing. Then Bass says, “we are fighting for you.” Then we have law enforcement attacked and assaulted, rocks and bricks thrown at them, fires set to cars, OUR FLAG, and other areas of our community, rocks thrown at moving vehicles, people taking over streets and neighborhoods and blocking all traffic, vandalism and destruction around the entire city and county, and the National Guard called in. Then just now, Bass says, “violence and destruction are unacceptable and those responsible will be held accountable.” Huh… Our elected leaders are sadly encouraging the obstruction of justice and the destruction of property here in Los Angeles. It’s sad. They lack political courage. You can disagree and protest the enforcement of immigration laws while still doing that peacefully, without destroying our city or assaulting officers who also live here. Elected leaders should not issue statements solely in an effort to get votes and to pander. It’s selfish and just fake. An elected leader should never encourage others to assault law enforcement or break the law. It’s unbecoming. Leadership requires courage. All of us deserve to be safe even if some of us disagree with the laws. All of you in leadership positions need to really step back and think before you issue statements that endanger others, especially children and law enforcement (the mother of my children is a Deputy), and ultimately ruin our city and county.

BREAKING NEWS: The Diamond Bar City Council has just voted YES on a Resolution of “No Confidence” in George Gascón - by a 4-0-1 vote.

George Gascon’s 1st year - 161 employees have left. Larry Krasner’s 1st term - 261 attorneys have left. Chesa Boudin’s 1st year - over 59 attorneys have left. “Re-imagining” the destruction of a prosecutor’s office. This is when the “agenda” becomes more important than the People

Union Pacific claims a “special directive issued by DA George Gascón” has led to a 160% increase in thefts. Union Pacific made “over 100 arrests of active criminals vandalizing trains” and all were released from custody within 24 hrs. How is this a reform? cnn.com/2022/01/14/economy/l…

So, USAID gave $27 million to the “Tides Center & Foundation,” who in turn gave millions to “Fair and Just Prosecution.” And who was a part of FJP - George Gascón. Using taxpayer dollars to help elect and promote District Attorneys like Gascón in order to destroy our communities and not enforce the law. It’s not right. We all suffered through 4 years of not prosecuting crime. Victims and family members were denied justice and their own tax dollars were going to help and promote Gascón. Think about that? Federal tax dollars should never be used to destroy the safety of our children and communities. Never.

Man recently accused of sexually stalking women at Burbank Barnes & Noble just released. So, a convicted stalker who has been arrested and booked over 40 times, served time in prison, and has a long history of sexual peeping, prowling and home burglaries was just released back into our communities after sexually harassing numerous innocent patrons at Barnes n Noble. I’m not sure how this is prioritizing public safety?

6 smash-and-grab robberies took place in LA Friday-LAPD issued a city-wide tactical alert. Violent crime ⬆️ every month Gascón has been LA DA. His response: “crime is…not on the rise in LA.” We need a DA who actually prosecutes crime, leads, and believes in public safety first.

We have some of the worst politicians here in California. Sadly, Katie Porter is closer to the norm. Most fail upwards. They just jump from one political position to the next. They only care about personal power. You can never get rid of them. Prop 50 will just make it easier for the worst to keep getting elected here in CA. How about actually voting for the person, not the party? How about researching a proposition instead of just reading the title or following what a commercial or mailer tells you to do? Local & state elections affect you and your family so much more than national elections. Every single thing in life isn’t about Trump. Doesnt every Californian deserve public safety? Don’t we all deserve affordable homes & the ability to purchase affordable homeowners insurance to raise our families in safety? Everyone deserves good roads, safe public transportation, good jobs and really good schools for our children. If you don’t care about the safety of a voter because he or she just isn’t in your political party, then you don’t deserve to represent all of us. We’ve had 15 years of really bad governance here in CA. If you want more of the same, keep voting for those Katie Porters. If you want things to actually get better, how about just voting for a good candidate who has integrity and actually cares.

BREAKING NEWS: Monrovia becomes the 29th city in Los Angeles County to vote No Confidence in LADA George Gascón’s policies and directives. Thank you Monrovia City Council. Victims Matter!

From the Mayor of LA, to the prior LADA, to the Governor of CA, to the CA Atty General, to our LA County Supervisors, to some of the lunatics in Sacramento, no one in this state wants to accept responsibility for anything they do, anything they fail to do, or anything that goes wrong. And this has been going on for years. A complete absence of leadership.

When George Gascón came into office on Dec 7, 2020, he implemented 66 blanket directives. He didn’t care about the victims or their families. He didn’t care about you. He gaslighted all of us with his fake stats, science and data. He basically ran an experiment on all of us and he failed miserably. Crime skyrocketed. He ended up over the last three years revoking and modifying almost every single policy and belief he ran on. He’s now been trying to hide what he did. He’s even deleted his Twitter account. Are you willing to allow him to keep experimenting on your children’s safety? I’m not. Time to vote Gascón out of office.

BREAKING NEWS: Downey becomes the 31st city to vote NO CONFIDENCE in LA DA George Gascón’s policies and directives. Thank you Downey City Council. Victims Matter!

Three more days to kick Gascón out of LA. Every vote matters. Let’s Roll! HATAMI for LADA 2024

I received a text message today from a friend: “Its a pretty sad day when I drive by the Topanga mall on my way to my Woodland Hills office (where I shop a lot) and I think to myself how I will never go in there alone ever. The world is changing.” George Gascón can spew all the charts, graphs and fake data he wants. He can call us “racists” for disagreeing with his policies. He can collect all the special interest money he wants to try to manipulate the residents of LA. But, we all have to agree that his policies are not working. He has made all of us less safe. I have a positive, optimistic plan to bring public safety back to LA. My priority is to make LA safer for children, families and all Angelenos. Our campaign and movement continues to grow. Join us.

California has the highest poverty rate in the entire country. Nearly 7 million Californians are impoverished. Nearly 13.2 million Californians are struggling to put roofs over their heads and food on the table. Los Angeles County, where we live, which has about 25% of the state’s population, has the highest poverty rate of any county in the US. Young people can’t buy homes here because they are just too expensive. If you live in North County like me, or anywhere they have determined is a “high fire area,” your homeowners insurance just dropped you. Our county continues to have the highest amount of homeless veterans in the US. But hey, Newsom’s tweeting in ALL CAPS and telling people to punch out the opposing party, Bass pretends she’s in a personal war with the President every single day instead of fixing LA, the radicals in Sacramento are arguing about giving child abusers diversion, no protection for children and no punishment for the abuser, our politicians are so concerned with personal power and their next job so they focus all their attention on Prop 50, some nurses, doctors, professors, military members and teachers profess on social media to being pro-murder of an innocent person, and things just continuously get worse in CA and LA. Try voting for the person, not the party in CA. City, local and county politics affects your family much more than what’s happening in Washington. Don’t let them manipulate you. We need to get back to having people in charge who care more about our state, our county and the people instead of money, power, their next election and themselves.

If you are an elected “leader” here in Los Angeles or CA and making all of us safe isn’t your number one priority - you are NOT doing your job. Stop prioritizing your politics, your ideology, your TV interviews, your statements and your next campaign for votes. Start doing your job. This situation in LA has gone on long enough. Everyone deserves to use the freeways, use public transportation, go to school, go to work, take your family to dinner, go to church, and just go outside to enjoy our city and county in peace. This includes our law enforcement personnel and their families.

George Gascón told CBS, with the “sheer volume” of homicides in Los Angeles County, he simply can’t meet with all the family members of murdered love ones. What kind of DA says there’s just too much murder, so sorry, I just can’t meet with all the families? Victims Matter!

George Gascón: “the day that you don’t think I’m doing my job, I’ll leave and you can find somebody else.” We’ve been waiting. You haven’t left. Thus, Recall.

The “peaceful” protests will cost the taxpayers in the City of Los Angeles $19.7 million so far. -$17 million for LAPD overtime -$593,000 damage to city buildings -$523,209 to clean city streets -85,712 and climbing for graffiti removal The LA City Administrative Officer: “It is certainly not sustainable.” I would think not.

Two days ago we had a LA DA candidate debate in Santa Monica. I clearly laid out our plan to bring public safety back to Los Angeles. I told the community why I should be DA. The media, the audience & the public have now made it clear after that debate that our message, our campaign & our team overwhelmingly won. I do have a message for Gascón: We came to your backyard to debate. An organization that endorsed you in 2020 & joined with you to fight your recall in 2022. Now you know, this isn’t going to be like the 2020 campaign. We are organized. We have so many supporters in this fight for justice. We aren’t going to back down. I’m a dad, a husband to a police officer, a child abuse prosecutor and always an Infantry soldier. You better buckle up. You got a serious challenger to deal with now. And I have a whole team with me. The election is March 5, 2024. Join the winning team. Vote for HATAMI for LADA 2024.

Rachel, thank you for trusting me with your statement. Please take the time to read her full victim impact statement. She and her son Charlie matter. fb.watch/dpduI-c8VW/

Fires in the Sepulveda Basin set by the 200-300 homeless living there: more than 700 fires in last year and a half. That’s an average of 1 fire call to LAFD every single day in this area. So, residents wanted to know who is responsible for their safety and removing the homeless encampments: LA City - not us LAPD - not us Park Rangers - short staffed-don’t have the resources LA City - and we have to navigate the federal migratory bird act Basically government’s response: point fingers at one another and say “not us.” The priorities of our city and county leaders is sadly one thing: politics and personal power. Not helping residents. Not fixing roads. Not public safety. Not clean water. Not clean beaches. Not home burglaries or street takeovers. Not more police & fire. Not accountability or transparency with taxpayer money. Not children and families. Not schools. Not the homeless. It’s just politics, trolling, redistricting, NDA’s, secrecy, personal power and raising money for re-elections. Our elected leaders can’t even lead. Vote differently.

A mom of 4 children who is nine months pregnant frantically called 911 while her husband was fighting off an intruder who broke into their home, shouted antisemitic and hateful remarks, and threatened to kill her, her husband and her family. The mom told the media this was the THIRD time in a year this criminal has tried to break into their home and he keeps getting released. LAPD immediately responded to the Studio City home and apprehended the suspect who continued shouting hateful and racist remarks. Mayor Bass released a statement but, of course, the elected DA responsible for actually prosecuting crime, George Gascón, has so far said nothing. This action is sick, scary, racist, a complete violation of a families home and safety, incredibly traumatic to the children, and is totally unacceptable in LA or anywhere for that matter. I have absolutely no tolerance for hate whatsoever. This hate crime must be fully prosecuted. Period.

Our week of Gascón as DA in review: -multiple smash & grab burglaries and robberies throughout LA County. One person arrested & immediately released on $0 bail. -a sexual predator with over 40 arrests accused of peeping into a families home, sniffing the privates of female patrons at Barnes & Noble caught on camera & violating sex registration. Arrested and released on a DA reject. -multiple restaurants & businesses burglarized, vandalized, patrons threatened, & employees robbed on a daily basis. -multiple family-owned taco stands terrorized and robbed. This has been happening for months! -a 17-yr-old who committed murder, was tried as a juvenile, eventually released, not rehabilitated, and now as an adult, committed an armed robbery of an innocent. -a man with multiple arrests, felony convictions and a violent strike prior given community service & probation on two new separate felonies, released, then tried to murder a 66-yr-old by running him over. -continued multiple dangerous street takeovers in Venice and around LA County. All Gascón can say: crime is down. Look at my science, data, and graphs. The media is scaring people. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, you have to admit, LA is just not safer under Gascón. It’s lawless. There’s no accountability. Time for a change Angelenos. Let’s vote Gascón out! I bring a positive & optimistic message and plan that prioritizes public safety first. My passion for fighting for abused, neglected and murdered children, I will bring that to the DA’s office for ALL. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024.

The Charlotte, NC murderer had a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2011. The murderer had been convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon; burglary; larceny; and, assault. He had served approximately 6 years in prison. At the time of the murder, he had an open case for assaulting a female victim and was OUT OF CUSTODY pending a court-ordered forensic evaluation. The safety of the public should ALWAYS be the priority of DA’s, judges and elected officials. If you are violent, it should not matter if you’re homeless or have mental health conditions. Being homeless or having mental health conditions should never take priority over our safety. How is this reform or progress? An innocent victim is gone. A violent person who is homeless and has mental health conditions now will spend the rest of his life in prison. How is this progress? If you need to ask what safety looks like in your city or you use Gascon-speak to say we can’t arrest our way out of these issues - you shouldn’t represent the rest of us. You aren’t a leader. If you are violent and dangerous and are homeless and have mental health issues-you must either be in custody or a secured lockdown mental health facility-not walking around our communities and public transit endangering our children, families and communities. Politicians should never endanger the rest of us with their progressive experiments of trying to help violent individuals just because they are homeless and have mental health issues. Prioritize safety. Murderers are NOT “victims.” Leaders make tough choices. The safety of the majority of us, especially our children, is always more important, and should always take priority over violent criminals.

There are two bills coming before the CA State Assembly that will seriously impact public safety. The first is SB 553. One part of SB 553 would make it a crime for an employee or shop owner to confront and stop a person from committing theft or burglary. Punishing someone for attempting to stop a crime just makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to me. We also have a major increase in store crimes, organized retail theft & smash and grab burglaries here in Los Angeles. We see them everyday. This bill will negatively impact the immigrant community and people operating mom n pop shops to make a living for their families. I’m against it. SB 94 would allow violent murderers who were convicted of murder with special circumstances and sentenced to LWOP before 1990 to be eligible for parole. Here’s my issue-the victim’s family now has to relieve all the trauma of losing their loved one again, justice for the victim isn’t even considered, and this completely ignores the jury’s verdicts. Murder with special circumstances is an aggravated murder charge that carries life without the possibility of parole. It should mean that. We have major public safety issues here in Los Angeles. George Gascón, as usual, is silent on these bills. I won’t be. There are ways to improve our criminal justice system, but these bills are not it. Punishing people for stopping thefts and ignoring the rights of murder victims and jury verdicts while releasing convicted murderers are not reforms or progress. How does that make our children or communities safer? Call your Assembly person and tell them to vote NO on these two bills.

George Gascón just launched a new email to his supporters blaming the GOP for crime and violence in Los Angeles and stating that “I’ve worked in every part of the criminal justice system.” First of all - Gascón hasn’t spent one minute being an actual prosecutor. He’s never once appeared in a courtroom on behalf of the People of the State of California. So no Gascón, you haven’t worked in every part of the criminal justice system. Second - Gascón has no plan. He makes everything about politics, not public safety. He has no solutions. Just not charging crimes, allegations and enhancements hasn’t made us safer. Just not doing your job isn’t “reforming the system.” Gascón wants to get everyone to focus on politics in order to divide and deflect away from his horrendous job as DA. Don’t let him. This race is about PUBLIC SAFETY. I’m running for ALL Angelenos, both Democrats and Republicans, to unite and make a safer Los Angeles for everyone. I’m going to be a DA for everyone. A supporter of mine wrote: “This is not a political statement or about Democrat or Republican, left or right, I’m just a mom who’d love to be able to take walks with her son and feel safe.” Thats who I’m running for. For all of you.

An innocent man, husband & father was followed to his home in the quiet community of San Dimas. After he parked his car in the garage, a criminal approached him, shot him, robbed him and then fled. The man later died and was found by his wife. My heart & prayers go out to the family and the community 🙏🏽. A neighbor: “What happened to my safe neighborhood? Why can’t we go some place and do what we got to do without having us worry about someone following us home.” All of us here in LA and around the country know the answer to that question. For George Gascón to continue to gaslight us all and repeatedly say crime is down-that’s not the DA we need or deserve. Gascón-your policies are not working. Vote Gascón out!

Hundreds of thousands of Angelenos are voting right now. And we are the top challenger. However, Gascón is still polling right ahead of us. If you really want Gascón out, we need everyone to fill out their ballots for HATAMI for District Attorney in order to make sure we beat Gascón in this primary. I’m not aiming for second place. We need to win this primary. Please fill out your ballots, vote HATAMI for DA, and mail them in as soon as you can. Every vote matters!

George Gascón: the murderer “did not have a documented history of violence.” Felony Vehicle Theft-prison (2009) Felony First Degree Burglary-prison (2011) Multiple arrests last 10 yrs Caught with firearm, ammo & meth (2020) Physically abusing his wife Demand JUSTICE!

Being a prosecutor, two things caught my attention yesterday with Newsom’s speech and a subsequent tweet: -He said around the beginning of his speech that CA supports deporting illegal immigrants who have serious criminal records. He’s saying this because he knows most people would agree. However, Newsom and specifically his CA State Assembly and Senate have NEVER supported deporting illegal immigrants who have serious criminal records. This is why we have illegal immigrants in CA with serious criminal records roaming the streets, committing new crimes and causing more victimization. We actually have exceptions in our sanctuary law but those are rarely used and he knows it. -Newsom then subsequently tweeted that “We go after serious violent criminals in California.” Hold up now… The person who appointed George Gascón the Chief of the San Francisco PD in 2010, appointed him the District Attorney of San Francisco in 2011, endorsed and supported his re-election as SFDA, and supported and endorsed him for Los Angeles DA TWICE, is now claiming that he goes after “serious violent criminals in California.” Got it. Before blaming others, we really need to look at all the laws that have been passed by our State Legislature and approved by Newsom over the past years that have really harmed public safety here in CA. And don’t forget the radical DA’s that Newsom has supported over the years: Boudin, Gascón and Price. You can’t keep saying “no one is above the law” while we weaken all our public safety laws here in CA.

George Gascon co-authored Prop 47. Grand theft, shoplifting, receiving stolen property, and check fraud under $950 were reduced to misdemeanors. Gascon implemented $0 bail in LA for these charges even if a felony. Gascon supported defunding the police. Here we are LA.

On December 15, 2020, I stood alone as the first Deputy District Attorney to publicly speak out against George Gascón and his dangerous directives. I will always remember that day. Now, some three and a half years later, I’m not alone in this fight for justice for Los Angeles County – we are a team, and we are all in this movement together. I am incredibly honored by all of you who have stood by me and with me and supported our team and grassroots campaign. That takes courage. To all of Team Hatami - from the 20 Police Officer Associations, to the over 70 elected leaders, from the Labor organizations supporting our working families, to the crime victim’s groups, from the many community organizations and veteran’s groups that endorsed my candidacy, to the thousands that contributed their hard-earned money to help me get my message out, from all of our volunteers who donated their time, to the mothers, fathers and families who lost children and loved ones to violent crime, street takeovers, and fentanyl poisoning who shared their stories with voters so they understood what was at stake in this election - I am humbled beyond words and so grateful to have had you on this journey with me and my family. Even though the vote count didn’t bring the results we hoped for in this election, I am so proud of all we have accomplished together. Our work to restore public safety, victims’ rights, transparency and accountability and bring real reforms to our justice system isn’t over. We ran an honorable and positive campaign that focused on the issues. We stayed out of the fray when others did not. We raised the third highest amount of money in the race, the most of any of the four Deputy District Attorneys running. This is meaningful to me as someone who grew up poor and put myself through college on the GI Bill, financial aid and Pell grants because I know how hard people work for their money. We set the tone in this race and were the standard that others copied. We took our message directly to voters and reached millions on streaming platforms, radio and broadcast TV. All of this was only possible because of you. Thank you! Last night I walked upstairs and I heard my daughter crying. I asked her what was wrong? She said, “I’m sad because you lost.” I felt horrible. I know this has impacted my daughter, my son, you and so many others. I told her, “We didn’t lose. It just wasn’t our time. But, I will tell you this, our time will come. I’m not going anywhere.” From day one this campaign has always been about ALL of YOU. My fight for justice doesn’t end with this race. Neither should yours. We are a team and always will be. I’m already back at work and I’ll keep fighting for children and the most vulnerable in our community. Keep your voice loud for victims, survivors, children, families, first responders, law enforcement, and the community. Don’t ever stop fighting for what’s right and just. And, don’t ever stop fighting for the children. It was an honor and pleasure to be in this fight with you. Thank you. Jonathan

Prop 36 is now ahead by over 70% of the California voters. George Gascon’s legacy: San Francisco DA - failure Los Angeles DA - failure Prop 47 - failure Everywhere Gascón went, he made things worse for all of us. Angelenos - always stay alert when any “leader” uses the term “criminal justice reform.” Reform is supposed to make things better for ALL of us. Not just make things better for the person committing the crime. It’s not a reform when you allow repeat theft, smash n grab burglaries, and organized retail theft offenders to go unpunished and not be held accountable. It’s not a reform to disallow mandatory treatment for fentanyl and meth users or punishment if they don’t want treatment. It’s not a reform if we can’t file appropriate charges for fentanyl dealers and murder charges for individuals who poison our children with fentanyl. Sacrificing the safety of children, families, businesses and employees by not allowing us to put repeat offenders or fentanyl dealers in custody is never a reform.

Property crimes are now so bad in Los Angeles that visiting college players locker rooms are getting burglarized while they are playing the game. George Gascón continues to say crime is down. He does nothing about it but gaslight us all. Nothing is safe anymore. This is appalling and unbecoming of our great city and county. We really need a change.

I love Los Angeles. It’s my home. My wife is a Deputy Sheriff here. My children go to school here. My church is here. We our raising our family here. And I’m not leaving. I’m Infantry. We don’t flee. We stay and fight to make things better and safer, which is something I’ve been doing for a long time. But I’m embarrassed by some our so-called elected “leaders.” The #1 job of government is public safety. Period. Some City and County “leaders” have really failed in this regard. Support our first responders. They are the ones really doing the work here. Let’s move away from LA politics as usual. At a time like this, we don’t need politicians. We need leaders who actually care and want to lead by example. We will get through this. And it isn’t because of some of our elected “leaders.” It’s because we are Angelenos. We are Americans. And our will to help each other is so much stronger than politics. My family and I pray 🙏🏽 for the safety of all of you. We will get through this.

I’m a Democrat & I’m 100 percent against this bill. I’m also a dad & a caring human being. People who brutally torture & murder children should not be released. Period. That’s inhumane to all the children who can’t fight for themselves. George Gascón and anyone else supporting this bill should really be ashamed of themselves.

Last night - the Beverly Hills City Council unanimously voted to support the Recall of George Gascón. Thank you! 2022 is a new year. Time for a new DA. Public safety is a right that all families, children, and Angelenos deserve. Victims Matter! losangeles.cbslocal.com/2022…

I commend the cities of Whittier, Artesia, Covina, Downey, Glendora, Lakewood, Santa Fe Springs, Palmdale, Arcadia, City of Industry, Vernon and La Verne for standing up for public safety and filing for injunctive relief regarding LA county’s new $0 bail policy. The money bail system isn’t perfect. But making wholesale changes without at least collaborating with the cities in LA County that will be affected isn’t democracy. What about the rights of the victims, children, families and communities who will be affected by these changes? Don’t they also get a say? Deciding that burglary, theft, and organized retail theft are $0 bail and placing responsibility on law enforcement to monitor repeat offenders seems unwise after many of these leaders already supported “defunding the police.” Saying child abuse, elder abuse, sexual battery, human trafficking, burglary of a home, cruelty to animals and other crimes are presumptive release upon a magistrate review seems dangerous. What about the rights and safety of the child victim? Many of these new laws and policies seem to focus exclusively on the person committing the crime while completely excluding and ignoring the business owner, employees, patrons, children, vulnerable victims, and cities and communities that are the ones being victimized by these crimes. Time to stand up and push back. I commend these cities for doing just that.

The Santa Clarita (my city) City Council voted 5-0 to join the beautiful City of Whittier in a lawsuit seeking an injunction regarding LA County’s new $0 bail policy. Thank you Santa Clarita! All of us have a right to public safety. That’s a human right. Cities, communities, victims and all Angelenos should get a say in any decisions regarding the safety of their children, families and communities.

George Gascón decided to decline filing this case as a felony. Today the Long Beach City Attorney sent him a letter asking him to reconsider his decision. Still no comment from Gascón. Gascón continues to abandon vulnerable victims, children, sexual assault survivors and our communities. We deserve better.

In 2018, under George Gascón, San Francisco had the highest property crime rate in the nation. At the end of Gascon’s reign in SF, property crime had increased by 37%. Look at SF now. On Dec 7, 2020, when Gascón became the DA of Los Angeles, there wasn’t one mention of “victims rights,” “public safety,” or how he was going to address burglaries, robberies, or theft crimes in LA. For the architect of Prop 47, it just wasn’t a concern-burglaries, thefts & many other felonies and all misdemeanors were listed under Gascon’s directives as $0 bail. Gascon even got rid of white collar crime enhancements that could be used for organized retail theft. Gascón was more concerned about releasing criminals, not charging crimes, abandoning victims & playing politcal games. 3 years later we have a public safety crisis in LA with these smash & grab burglaries and flash mob robberies taking center stage. Just so we are being honest about the “science & data,” in Nov 2021, under Gascón, we had the exact same problem here in LA where 14 suspects were arrested for 11 mob style smash & grab burglaries and ALL were released on $0 bail. The public was outraged. Gov Newsom created a task force & requested $300 million in state funds to combat the public safety crisis. Fast forward to the present & we are still dealing with the same exact problem. However, the real issue that no “leader” wanted to address in 2021 or at this new task force announced yesterday -George Gascón. It’s gotten so bad, Gascon wasn’t even invited to yesterday’s presser. I do commend LE & collaboration is vital. But, we can create all the task forces we want, pump in all the millions we don’t have, and arrest all the suspects who are committing these crimes, but if the elected DA is not fully prosecuting these individuals, it won’t matter. Too much words. Not enough actions by the DA. We need a DA who will prioritize public safety on day 1 and mean it. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024

This is the video George Gascón doesn’t want you to see! From San Dimas to Calabasas, Lancaster to La Verne, no corner of our county has been spared from these brazen crimes in George Gascón’s Los Angeles. Let me be very clear, as your LA County District Attorney, I will prosecute smash and grabs and organized retail thefts on day 1 of my administration and hold these wrongdoers accountable. Voters have a decision to make on March 5th, 2024 about the future of our county. Is this George Gascón’s Los Angeles, or is it OURS? I'm ready to lead LA out of this public safety crisis and put an end to the smash and grabs and the organized retail theft crime wave - but I need your help to do it! Join me, we are all in this fight for public safety together.

Yelling “F you” and “shame on you” to US Marines while waving another country’s flag is beyond sad. About 30% of US Marines are Latino. Most are enlisted (88%) and only have a high school diploma. They are just trying to make ends meet. All volunteered to serve. Whatever side you are on regarding immigration reform, the military is not responsible for the decisions of the President, Congress, the Governor or the Mayor. They are Infantry. They are grunts. I can tell you first hand they are used to getting yelled at and they can take it. But it’s sad that it’s coming from people inside our own country. No matter what your politics are, please respect & support our military. They support you with their lives regardless. Think about that.

Partisan gerrymandering is wrong no matter who is doing it. It helps lazy politicians stay in power and hurts the rest of us. We don’t need more Katie Porters in California. No on Prop 50.

The In n Out president is leaving California and moving her family. She says “raising a family is not easy here.” Take note CA & Los Angeles politicians - maybe stop pandering and actually start doing your job. It’s called public safety. And it’s not partisan. If children aren’t safe here, if we can’t raise our families here, you are not doing your job.

After just holding a DA debate in Santa Monica, where George Gascón called the rise in crime “fake news” and didn’t once address the concerns of the residents of Santa Monica or mention providing public safety to their families, children and business community, a group of more than 30 local businesses in Santa Monica have formed a new coalition to advocate for businesses & their employees impacted by crime. “Our Santa Monica members have reached a breaking point as they face a barrage of crime.” “I want my employees to be able to walk back to their car without fear.” Advocating & fighting for Angelenos impacted by crime is the District Attorneys job! Gascón clearly isn’t doing that. As DA, I will prioritize public safety. You should never be afraid to go to work, walk back to your car, wear a watch or jewelry, go shopping, travel on public transportation, go to the beach, park or jog, walk your dog, or just enjoy Los Angeles. I will listen to our local business community, partner & collaborate with them and their employees, actually prosecute crime, hold criminals accountable and implement real reforms that address homelessness, mental health and drug & alcohol disease that doesn’t endanger our working families, business owners or their employees. Vote for HATAMI for LADA 2024

BREAKING NEWS: Beverly Hills City Council approves resolution of “No Confidence” in George Gascón - passed by 3-2 vote.

A 70-yr-old nurse, a 24-yr-old grad student, and a 16-yr-old girl were recently murdered in separate incidents in LA. George Gascón says “crime is overwhelmingly down.” I say we need a DA that holds criminals accountable, fights for victims & justice and believes in public safety

Over the weekend a cemetery in Los Angeles where honorable American soldiers are buried was vandalized. Gascón hasn’t said one word about this - well I’m going to. No matter where you stand on this issue, these actions are not “peaceful protest.” They are shameful, sick and clearly criminal vandalism of a cemetery. As a veteran, an Angeleno, a dad, and just a person, all who did this must be fully prosecuted and held accountable.

Looking back on Gascón’s last 3 years in office: -37 cities in LA County voted “No Confidence” in his abilities to be DA. We have never had one city in LA County do that before. -97.9% of his prosecutors voted to fire him. Again-unprecedented. -2 recalls were filed to get him removed. Again-unprecedented. -Day 1 he ordered his prosecutors to not attend parole hearings, not file the gun, gang, GBI or hate crime allegations, not prosecute numerous misdemeanors, not allege mass murder, police murder or torture/murder special circumstances, not allege violent strike priors, and to release numerous people on $0 bail. Never had that happen before. -Violent crimes increased in 2021 and 2022. Property crimes increased in 2021, 2022 and 2023. - We are now the hate crime and retail theft capitals of America under Gascón. -11 people are now running against him - again unprecedented. -We have a DA and some command staff, many who have never even tried one state criminal case as a DDA and who publicly discriminate against law enforcement. -Gascón called the mother of a murdered child uneducated and to shut her mouth-never seen that before. -Two honorable police officers were murdered as a result of his radical blanket policies. Children have lost their dads. -A 26-yr-old repeated child sex offender was sentenced to juvenile custody to only be housed with vulnerable juveniles. -Over 20 prosecutors are suing him for hostile work environment. -Train thefts, smash & grab burglaries, follow-home robberies, daylight sexual assaults, public transportation crimes, gun violence, and general lawlessness happen daily in LA. The list goes on and on. We can prioritize public safety and also do our best to make the criminal justice system fairer and better for all. It’s not a political issue. It can and should be done but never at the expense of abandoning your main job, victims rights and public safety. Los Angeles needs a leader as DA. Not a bias and political bureaucrat who never really cared about working families, children and everyday Angelenos who are law abiding and just trying to live and work in a peaceful community. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024.

Gascón, in an interview yesterday on ABC, said, “We’re in a much better place today than we were four years ago.” -The LADA no longer attends parole hearings, completely abandoning mothers & fathers who lost their children to crime. -LADA is short almost 200 prosecutors, morale is at an all time low, and there are over 20 hostile work environment lawsuits. -Anyone who has lost a loved one because of Gascon’s blanket policies, including the families, partners and children of El Monte officers Paredes and Santana would disagree. -37 cities that voted “No Confidence” in Gascón would disagree. -Angelenos all over LA County suffering from car thefts, organized retail thefts, small business thefts, restaurant burglaries, catalytic converter thefts, hate crimes, home burglaries, assaults on public transportation, gun violence, fentanyl deaths & street takeovers would disagree. -All law enforcement & their families would disagree. -The business community would disagree. -Parents and anyone who has children would disagree. -Victims and surviving families who have been robbed of justice by Gascon’s blanket policies would disagree. -Anyone suffering from indecent exposure, criminal threats, resisting arrest, aggravated trespass, solicitation for prostitution, public intoxication, disturbing the peace, and use of fentanyl and methamphetamine would disagree. -Employees of businesses who are victimized everyday would disagree. -And, all Angelenos afraid to wear a watch, wear jewelry, go jogging, walk their dog, go to their car at night, pump gas, walk their children to school, or go shopping would disagree. We will know in one week if Angelenos agree with Gascón. You have one week left to vote. Every vote matters. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024

George Gascón-OUT Pam Price-OUT Chesa Boudin-OUT Defund the police-OUT Prop 36-in Many who claimed “criminal justice reform” just 4 years ago took advantage of the situation. They really didn’t care. They made safety solely a political issue. They just wanted power. And the results have been devastating to our community. The pendulum swings fast. My advice going forward-don’t stop pushing to make sure our community continues to prioritize public safety. Especially for our children, families and loved ones. Don’t become complacent. Never leave our victims & survivors behind with no voice. Support our first responders! Don’t forget all our so-called “leaders” here in Los Angeles who supported Gascón, $0 bail, Prop 47, drug markets, and defund the police. Don’t forget all these so-called “leaders” who just refused to speak up in 2020 & 2022 because it wasn’t the “popular” thing to do. It’s most of them. And they are now denying it. They will just put their fingers in the air and see which way the wind is blowing in order to keep power. We don’t need politicians. We need leaders. So, don’t ever be afraid to speak out. Even if it’s just you standing alone. You never need permission to lead. Public safety is the right of each and every one of you.

I have a few things to say about this response: (1) If you are an elected legislator, you should be required to read and understand any bill you are proposing. Taking away our right to defend our families and our children is serious. (2) Only under very limited circumstances can you claim self defense in CA when you are the initial aggressor. Go watch a trial or better yet, ask an actual prosecutor. Your bill is NOT needed or wanted for that matter. (3) Do better. Too many Californians have been victimized by crime. Stop drafting bills that support the criminal.

In Alameda County, under Pam Price, in order to fight the surge of violent crime, they are telling residents to stock up on air horns. In LA County, under George Gascón, in order to fight the surge of violent crime, they are telling residents avoid going outside & gathering in large groups. I have some advice: How about stop blaming the victims. How about arresting people who do bad things, charging them based upon the law & evidence, and actually holding the wrongdoers personally accountable for committing crimes.

In the first three weeks of LA County’s $0 bail policy, 42 people who were arrested in LA City for felonies & were released on $0 bail re-offended. That’s at least 42 people or businesses that didn’t need to become victims. 42 people who matter. And, three weeks in not even close to long enough to determine if a county wide plan is actually working. Also, the new bail policy has already added a significant burden to already short staffed and under funded police departments. Public safety should always remain our top priority.

BREAKING NEWS: The La Verne City Council makes it #24 tonight with their “No Confidence” vote in LA DA George Gascón’s directives.

So, 7 LAPD officers were injured during the last few days of protests (no protesters were injured). Our LA elected “leadership” is calling that “peaceful.” Imagine if that was your wife, husband, son, daughter, mom or dad who was injured. You can’t violate the safety of others and call that free speech. You can support immigrants, your heritage, and the contributions of the immigrant community and do that without committing a crime. It’s not difficult. And our “leaders” need to stop choosing politics over the public safety of all of us.

I am completely honored and humbled by Mr. Woods endorsement. I’m incredibly thankful. We are a team and we are going to defeat Gascón as a team. Now let’s go out and win this primary! Ballots get sent on Feb 5. The election is March 5. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024

I think Harris, Newsom and Bass (and a few others) need to realize something: If you attack LE; assault LE; assault a LE horse; launch fireworks at LE; run someone over with your car or motorcycle; throw rocks at moving cars or LE or innocent people; lite cars on fire; lite the flag on fire; block the freeways; loot businesses; commit arson; assault or threaten children or innocent Angelenos; or vandalize cars, buildings or businesses - that is your fault. You are responsible for that crime. You did that. Not society, not the President and not the government. You can disagree with the government enforcing laws. But that doesn’t mean you get to blame the government if you commit crimes because you don’t like them enforcing certain laws. I truly can’t even believe I need to say this. How did these individuals become vice-president, governor and mayor? Our political leadership is so infected by ideology, they don’t really care about public safety or doing the right thing.

“According to his office, Gascón was not campaigning Monday.” Gascón thinks he’s moving on in this election. Let’s show him he’s wrong. There’s one more full day of voting. Let’s leave it all out on the field. If you haven’t yet voted, tomorrow is the day. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024.

Twenty people belonging to a prolific home burglary crew that hit at least 35 homes were recently arrested in OC. “EVERY single one of these defendants … is from Los Angeles.” OCDA-“This is an Orange County problem. It’s a Los Angeles County problem. But we will solve it in Orange County if LA County is not willing to solve it themselves.” Gascón came into office claiming he was going to “reform” the system. He lied. All he did was implement radical policies that increased crime, failed to hold criminals accountable and made us all less safe. His policies have also made the surrounding counties less safe. Gascón is not doing the job of the DA. Period. Vote him out and vote in someone who will. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024.

Why can’t we have elected leaders in Los Angeles and CA who just want to do the right thing? Why does it always have to be about politics. pandering, raising money and keeping your job or getting your next job? Stand for something and just care.

What George Gascón has left in his wake: -SF is completely unsafe & LA is becoming just that -dangerous public transportation for the public & employees -LAPD & LASD short thousands of deputies & officers & morale way down -LADA short hundreds of prosecutors, hostile work environment & politics over justice -Santa Monica promenade & Venice Beach unsafe -tents & RV’s on streets & near schools & homes -many misdemeanors & theft crimes not reported or just not prosecuted anymore -no accountability for wrongdoers -increase in overdosing, open air drug markets & dying on the streets -violence, property crimes & hate crimes increase -no transparency & no trust in DA to actually prosecute cases -abandonment of victims & their families -37 cities vote no confidence -county cases taken to the Feds bc Gascón won’t even charge fentanyl death dealers -restaurants, stores, taco vendors, walking your dog, wearing a watch, shopping, just being an employee, running a family business, & going to the park or beach all unsafe. -Valley home burglary crews terrorizing neighborhoods -vacant businesses & residents leaving This isn’t reform or progress. It’s time to end Gascon’s radical social experiment & make LA safer for all of us. I care about our community. I will turn things around and do the right thing. My children and yours are depending on it. Vote HATAMI for LADA 2024

Good morning Team Hatami! First I want to say “Thank You” to each and every one of you. I’m so honored to be a part of this movement with you. We are family. My team and I will continue to watch the numbers as they update. Remember, for everything we went through the last 3 and a half years, we are still standing. And we are standing together. I’m headed to work this morning. There are still children to fight for.

The CA Dept of Justice just filed 11 felony counts against Diana Teran, someone who Gascón personally hired, promoted and placed in top management, trusted above all other experienced prosecutors, and paid hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax payer money too. She is charged with illegally accessing and using protected law enforcement files in her job. A job that Gascón personally placed her in. A job where she discusses filing decisions with Gascón. We do have a major public safety crisis here in LA. It’s tragic. We also have an elected DA who has tried to completely destroy the office I’ve worked in for 18 years by using fear, intimidation, bringing in inexperienced and bias managers, failing to be open, honest and transparent, and showing open hostility to prosecutors, police and victims. I’m still waiting for the members of the BOS, who oversee my office, to finally step up, and actually say something. What has happened for almost 4 years to good DDA’s and our staff is not right or fair. And, it is also illegal.