Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón came to the job promising sweeping changes, and so far he’s been true to his word. Since he took office in December, the new DA has instituted a dizzying number of changes from revoking cash bail to banning new death sentences, generating considerable controversy in the process. He recently came under fire from gay rights advocates for scrapping sentencing enhancements for hate crimes, and was rapped by his own deputy DAs for dismissing gang enhancements and firearm allegations from pending criminal proceedings. But it’s a change to the department’s parole procedures, quietly announced last December 7, that may set off the biggest firestorm yet.