LOS ANGELES --
Steve Cooley said this will be his last term as Los Angeles County District Attorney.Cooley told Eyewitness News late Tuesday he would not run for a fourth term.
The county's top prosecutor said he has written his key supporters, asking them to back Chief Deputy District Attorney Jacquelyn Lacey in next year's election.
Cooley, a Republican, lost a close race last year for state attorney general.
He's spent 39 years in public service.