“I’m stunned from the historical sense, but knowing what a toxic manager and boss George Gascón is, I’m not surprised because some of the people he’s brought in are just odious people,” Cooley added. “Who would want to come and work here under such conditions?”
Gascón’s reputation is reportedly so poor that he has suffered two separate attempts to recall him from the position, although he survived the attempted recall elections both times.
“Grateful to move forward from this attempted political power grab,” he tweeted in August after the most recent recall attempt. “Rest assured LA County, the work hasn’t stopped.”