It’s morning again in the City of Angels. Nathan Hochman, an assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, dethroned Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in a lands…
Murdered nursing student Laken Riley's horrifying 911 call played in court — leaving her mom in a flood of tearsNathan Hochman, an assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, dethroned Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in a landslide victory last week.
It’s a quick comeback for the would-be hometown hero, who graduated Beverly Hills High School and received his law degree from Stanford. He ran as a Republican in the 2022 California attorney-general race, losing to Democrat Rob Bonta., fueled the fire for his removal. A March Los Angeles Police Department report showed a nearly 3% increase in violent crime and a staggering 9.
“There are blanket policies that say the DA’s office doesn’t prosecute juveniles, anybody under 18, for misdemeanor offenses, which includes misdemeanor theft, which is stealing just under $950. We will eliminate that prohibition,” the prosecutor said, adding he would end the prohibition on adding gang- and gun-enhancement charges to crimes.
Hochman also told The Post he hopes to make his office a critical community partner in tackling the region’s homelessness crisis. More than 75,000 people in Los Angeles are considered homeless as of this year, per county“What’s happened is that law-enforcement officers, when they enter homeless areas, they basically tell anyone who’s wondering why they’re not doing their job — that the DA has our hands tied,” Hochman said.
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