Protecting the Right to Protest. The Civil Liberties Champion. Faisal Gill is running to replace Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and doing so on the promise of being the strongest protector of civil liberties For decades, police have been putting forth the 'broken windows theory' - that visible signs of crime will encourage more crime. Now it is time to apply the broken windows theory to the police themselves. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. Before returning to Los Angeles to be closer to his children, Gill was involved in state and local politics in the Green Mountain State.
Gill served as chair of the Chittenden County Democratic Party before waging an unsuccessful campaign for the Vermont Senate in When former Vermont Democratic Party chair Dottie Deans stepped down in , Gill took over the post for about eight months. Records show he donated to Democratic campaigns in the election cycle, including gubernatorial candidate David Zuckerman and state Senate candidate David Scherr. Gill said that his time in Vermont helped him learn more about issues such as single payer health care, which had been a priority for former Democratic Gov.
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