All over the country, District Attorneys prosecute felony crimes using grand juries to investigate and issue subpoenas. City attorneys, who handle misdemeanors, don’t have such power. But LA’s Carmen Trutanich wants it and the State Senate has voted to give it to him. Some Los Angeles City Council members want the Assembly to say, “No.” We speak with Trutanich and others.
Does the LA City Attorney Need His Own Grand Jury?
Credits
Guests:
- Carmen Trutanich - Los Angeles City Attorney - @CarmenTrutanich
- Jan Perry - former LA city councilmember - @JanPerry
- Erwin Chemerinsky - constitutional law professor and dean of UC Berkeley School of Law