 Shark is slightly inaccurate in implying that the Los Angeles County  District Attorney is controlled by the City of Los Angeles. The  District Attorney is actually an independently elected official of  the county government. If anyone could pressure the D.A. to hire a  former criminal defense attorney like Sebastian Stark, it would be  the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, who control the county  budget. The City of Los Angeles does have a City Attorney, but that  official prosecutes only misdemeanors and files a variety of civil  lawsuits against criminals, rather than the high