George Gascón

George Gascón is an American attorney and former police officer who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 7, 2020, to December 3, 2024. A member of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Republican Party, Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor, he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD, and Chief of Police in Mesa, Arizona and San Francisco.