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Steve Cooley
596,616 votes
59.15%
- Occupation: Los Angeles County District Attorney
- USC Law School Graduate
- 30-year Criminal Prosecutor
- Former LAPD Reserve Officer
- "Crime Victims Star of the Year" - Justice for Homicide Victims
- "Community Justice Award" - California NAACP
- "1998 Alumnus of the Year" - Cal State University Los Angeles
Priorities:
- STEVE COOLEY IS AN INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR whose top priority is to take violent criminals off the street and seek justice for their victims.
- STEVE COOLEY increased gang prosecutions and expanded programs to prevent crime and keep our kids safe from gangs, guns, drugs and internet predators.
- STEVE COOLEY created the Victim Impact Program to assure special protection for the most vulnerable crime victims + the elderly, victims of child and
Nick Pacheco
151,360 votes
15.01%
- Occupation: Municipal Attorney
- Deputy District Attorney 1995-1999
- Councilmember, City of Los Angeles 1999-2003
- Loyola Law School 1994
- UC Berkeley 1988
- Loyola High School 1982
Priorities:
- Fighting Gun Violence in Our Communities/Tackling Gang Problem
- Restoration of Environmental Crime Prosecution Unit
- Smart Prosecutor Agenda to Reduce Crime
Denise Beryl Moehlman
91,667 votes
9.09%
- Occupation: Criminal Prosecutor
- 15 YEAR VETERAN PROSECUTOR
- TRIED IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED CASES
- EXCELLENT TRIAL RECORD, PUTTING MURDERS, ROBBERS, AND SEXUAL OFFENDERS BEHIND BARS
- RUNNING THE BUSINESS OF THE DA'S OFFICE IN SEVERAL COURTROOMS
- EXPERTISE WORKING WITH DRUG REHAIBILITATION
- GRADUATED L0YOLA LAW SCHOOL, TOP1/3
Priorities:
- #1 PRIORITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY, TARGETING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS
- ATTACKING THEFT, FRAUD, AND CORRUPTION, PRESERVING OUR ENVIRONMENT
- STOP THE COSTLY "REVOLVING PRISON DOOR FROM SWINGING", REQUIRE DRUG REHABILITATION AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
Tom Higgins
71,068 votes
7.05%
- Occupation: Head Deputy D.A.
Roger Carrick
68,978 votes
6.84%
- Occupation: Public Law Attorney
- Special Assistant Attorney General to Attorney General John Van de Kamp
- Policy Aide to Former Governor Jerry Brown
- Protected Farmworker rights at Agricultural Labor Relations Board
- Federal Civil Rights Investigator
- Author of books and articles on public health
- Member of the Trade and Environmental Policy Committee of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Priorities:
- Gun-related gang violence, focusing on gun prosecution
- Protection of children and family-oriented prosecution strategies
- Public health and environmental health protection/prosecution
Anthony G. "Tony" Patchett
28,921 votes
2.87%
- Occupation: Retired Deputy D.A.
- 31 years District Attorney's Office
- 10 years Environmental Crimes/OSHA Div
- 11 years Adminsitrative Division
- Special Assistant District Attorney 2001
- Head Belmont Task Force 2001
- Deputy Sheriff, Class 86.D.A. Bur of Inv67-80
Priorities:
- Gang violence, drug abuse, public corruption,
- special interests, hate crime,environmental crime-worker safety
- media piracy, welfare fraud, consumer fraud and identity theft.
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