Calls grow for DSA City Attorney candidate Marissa Roy to drop out over ties to 100-day prosecution freeze
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.“I’m here to demand that Marissa Roy resign from her candidacy,” said Raul Claros, a candidate for City Council District 1 — the seat held by DSA Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who has endorsed Roy.“Any pause in prosecuting drunk drivers, sexual predators or people looking to corrupt this city is flat-out crazy.”He also called on Hernandez to withdraw her endorsement of Roy.
“I’m asking her, on behalf of her constituents, to rescind it.”California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Claros pointed to MacArthur Park as a cautionary tale of what happens when disorder spirals unchecked.“We don’t want to expand that chaos,” he said.“We want to stop it.”“The councilwoman keeps putting ideology before the real needs of her community,” added Maria “Lou” Calanche, another CD1 candidate.
Calanche said working-class neighborhoods already bear the brunt of so-called “low-level”...