Gascón Recall Surpasses 500,000 Signatures, Raises $6.5 Million

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2021. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—With a little over a month left until the Los Angeles County registrar’s deadline, the Recall George Gascón campaign has surpassed 500,000 petition signatures and raised $6.5 million in donations as of May 31.

To trigger a recall election, the campaign needs signatures from 10 percent of registered county voters—or 566,857 signatures—by July 6 to qualify for the Nov. 8 ballot.