Los Angeles County DA Hochman Is Doing The Right Thing

While conservatives generally support the police, an honest prosecutor will act against police officers who violate the public trust.

Arthur Schaper | August 17, 2026

Nathan Hochman’s prosecution of LAPD Officer Daniel Flores is evidence of Hochman’s integrity, not evidence that he has turned against police, because a pro-law-enforcement district attorney ought to enforce the law even when the defendant is a police officer.

Election 2020 was a disaster, not just because Trump lost the election (unfairly, I might add). In Los Angeles County, where I live, I witnessed George Gascón, the flagrantly pro-“criminal justice reform” former District Attorney of San Francisco, carpetbag down from the Bay Area and become the District Attorney for Los Angeles County. LA County lost any semblance of law and order for four years.

Eventually, everyone woke up, in a good way, about Gascón, but after two failed recall efforts, LA County voters would have to wait for the next election.

And in came Nathan Hochman. In 2022, he ran for state Attorney General as a liberal Republican. He earned enough votes to get just above 40%, decent for a Republican in a deep-blue state. After some political maneuvering (switching to “Independent” and backing away from Trump), Hochman won, and things have never been better in Los Angeles County (at least compared to the last four to eight years. Remember that even Jackie Lacey was kind of a flop.)

DA Hochman is doing the right things. He has rolled back the pro-criminal policies of his corrupt progressive predecessor. He even hosted a town hall in Torrance, CA, urging the governor and the state legislature to provide more funding so that the county could fully implement the people-backed, real criminal justice reform in Prop........

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