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Los Angeles County district attorney outlines tech investments, diversion support and crackdown on illegal cannabis in 2025 budget briefing
Summary
District Attorney Nathan Hoffman told supervisors his 2025 budget request centers on technology (including race‑blind charging), rebuilding staff after attrition, prosecution of illegal cannabis operations, and support for mental‑health diversion — while warning of federal cuts to victim services.
District Attorney Nathan Hoffman told the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 21 that his office’s 2025 budget priorities include new technology to support charging decisions, recruitment to replace lost prosecutors, and stepped-up enforcement against illegal cannabis operations.
Hoffman said the office will implement a race‑blind charging pilot — a system that removes race/ethnicity identifiers from an investigative report so a deputy district attorney can make charging decisions without that information, then compare results after the details are reinserted. The Yolo County pilot, Hoffman said, showed a change in charging decisions in fewer than 5% of cases; he said the county has selected a vendor and expects the system to be live by the end of the month, with licensing costs in the…
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