City councilman Jack Weiss and South Bay attorney Carmen Trutanich "focused on prosecutorial discretion, gang injunctions and perceived racial bias in law enforcement" in front of an "outspoken audience in Leimert Park" for more than two hours, Neon Tommy reporter David Cohoen wrote.

Trutanich and Weiss, both former prosecutors, said they would review current gang injunctions and look into removing former gang members from the list.

The LA Times reported that Trutanich vowed to help strengthen anti-crime programs, offer alternatives to jail for young offenders and divert youngsters to the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps or similar community programs.

Finally something we can hold them too - a specific promise.

LA Times quote from one of the 50 people who attended the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable debate: "When you guys ran for office in your primary, it was all about crime and punishment, and just now we're hearing about intervention and prevention," said Lita Herron, who runs the Youth Advocacy Coalition.

Several people criticized the Los Angeles Police Department. According to the LA Times, Trutanich said the city should have released investigative records into the 2005 fatal shooting of a black 13-year-old boy, Devin Brown, by an LAPD officer.

Previous debates were dominated by some important, yet tangential issues, -- the candidates' connections to polluters, billboard companies and developers, Neon Tommy reported