LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso announced Monday morning his support for the recall of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, after previously backing him during the now controversial district attorney’s 2020 campaign. “I firmly believe that George Gascón needed to stand up, admit that many of his policies have put the city of Los Angeles in peril—crime is rising—change those policies, or he should step down, and if he doesn’t step down, he should be recalled,” Caruso said in a video uploaded to YouTube. Previously, Caruso, who served on the LAPD’s Police Commission from 2001 to 2003, co-hosted a fundraiser for Gascon’s campaign against Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey and donated $3,000 to his campaign. Gascón, 67, was previously a patrol officer with the Los Angeles Police Department and worked his way up the ranks to Assistant Chief of Police under then LAPD Chief William Bratton …