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Government

Jan. 10, 2012

Gascon is sworn in as elected district attorney in San Francsico

A year after taking over as District Attorney for San Francisco in the wake of Kamala Harris' departure to become state Attorney General, George Gascon was sworn in as the city's 12th elected DA.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A year after taking over as District Attorney for San Francisco in the wake of Kamala Harris' departure to become state Attorney General, George Gascon was sworn in as the city's 12th elected DA and first Latino to hold the position.


In a speech at Mission High School, the high school dropout reminisced about his path to becoming the top prosecutor in one of America's largest cities and op...

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