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Steve Cooley
569,854 votes
38.35%
- Occupation: Head Deputy District Attorney
- 26 year career prosecutor
- Honors Graduate Cal State University, Los Angeles BA '70; USC Law Center JD '73
- Former, Decorated, Reserve LAPD Officer
- Cal State Los Angeles 1998 Outstanding Alumnus
- Listed as "one of California's most effective prosecutors" -- California Lawyer Magazine
- Received major commendation from FBI Director for successful prosecution of violent bank robbers
Priorities:
- Investigate and prosecute public corruption
- Serve the body politic, not special interests
- Assure proportional and evenhanded justice within our county's criminal justice system
Gil Garcetti
554,124 votes
37.29%
Barry Groveman
361,980 votes
24.36%
- Occupation: Chief Investigative Attorney
- Prosecutor for nearly a decade as both a District Attorney and a Los Angeles City Attorney
- Leader of the School Safety Team responsible for exposing the Belmont Learning Center scandal
- Head of the nationally acclaimed LA Toxic Waste Strike Force
- Senior partner at Proskauer Rose LLP responsible for directing a major litigation practice
- Principal co-author of Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986
- Adjunct Professor at Southwestern University School of Law
Priorities:
- Place priority on child safety including a school anti-violence agenda and a plan for proactive prosecutions of child abuse cases.
- Restore integrity and pride to this office in part throught the creation of an Office of Professional Responsibiity.
- Establish a meaningful public corruption prosecution program to insure that those who defraud taxpayers will be held accountable.
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