Last week my office continued to take action on two of my top priorities-protecting consumers and preventing gun violence.

Protecting Consumers
On Friday I announced the filing of five prosecutions against alleged unlicensed contractors, with charges ranging from grand theft to demanding an excessive down payment. We coupled this announcement with the launch of a new public awareness campaign to alert homeowners about the dangers of unlicensed contractors, who often victimize homeowners throughout L.A.-performing shoddy, unsafe work; failing to complete projects; and devastating their victims financially. Notably, many scams target L.A.’s seniors.

You can read about our efforts to protect homeowners from unlicensed contractors here: Unlicensed Contractor Fraud.

Please share this important information with your neighbors, homeowners’ associations, neighborhood watches and neighborhood councils.

Preventing Gun Violence
Earlier in the week I was proud to be “wearing orange” and participating in the first-ever National Gun Violence Awareness Day–joining tens of thousands across the country to raise awareness about the public health and safety crisis of gun violence.

Since taking office, I’ve taken major steps, locally and nationally, to prevent gun violence. I co-founded and co-chair Prosecutors Against Gun Violence-a national bipartisan group of leading prosecutors–created a Gun Violence Prevention Unit in our office, worked with LAPD to establish new protocols on domestic violence and guns, filed cases against adults who allegedly didn’t lock up guns which subsequently fell into the hands of minors, and more. In the last month alone we filed charges against ten individuals for alleged violations of various firearm laws, including carrying a concealed firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person.

One easy step every responsible gun owner can take right now is to lock up their guns. This was the vital theme of the new PSA produced by our community partners Women Against Gun Violence, which we debuted on National Gun Violence Awareness Day. You can view it here: “Lock Up Your Guns.” See video below.

https://youtu.be/tJsER_frI0M