Most Influential 2018: OC’s controversial justice system gets 2 new leaders in Don Barnes, Todd Spitzer

Change is coming to Orange County’s turbulent criminal justice system.
A full overhaul is expected under District Attorney-elect Todd Spitzer; a few meaningful tweaks under Sheriff-elect Don Barnes.
Spitzer and Barnes are the new faces of Orange County law enforcement, handed the mantle of public safety in the Nov. 6 election. Spitzer won as a reformer at a prosecutor’s office where, in some cases, winning had taken precedence over fairness. Barnes won as the hand-picked successor to