Source: New York Post
A political brawl erupted at Los Angeles City Hall Tuesday as a slate of candidates demanded DSA-backed City Attorney hopeful Marissa Roy quit the race over her role in crafting a controversial plan to halt misdemeanor prosecutions for 100 days — a proposal critics fear she could revive if elected. The stakes are enormous: the office for which Roy is running is the city’s top prosecutor for misdemeanors — and responsible for charging crimes like theft, vandalism, trespassing, public intoxication and quality-of-life offenses that directly affect neighborhoods. The California Post first reported that Roy helped shape a campaign promise in 2022, which would have halted new misdemeanor filings for roughly three months, effectively giving criminals a free pass while low-level offenses pile up in the system.
