Nathan Hochman shows there is at least one adult in charge in Los Angeles

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The Los Angeles wildfires have been an incredible display of incompetence by city leaders, but there is at least one adult actually running things: Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman.

The recently-elected Hochman has made crime illegal again in Los Angeles, announcing charges against nine looters taking advantage of the fires to steal from the homes of people in evacuated areas. A tenth suspect is facing arson charges. Multiple suspects have previous felony convictions, and at least two are facing life in prison under California’s three-strikes law. The fire allegedly started by the arson suspect was contained quickly, but he is still facing nine years on felony arson and arson during a state of emergency charges.

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