Thien Ho was elected District Attorney of Sacramento County in 2022, and officially took office in January 2023. Over Thien's 25-year career as an attorney, he successfully prosecuted sexual assault, gang and homicide cases. He was the supervisor of the Gang and Hate Crime Unit and has personally charged and prosecuted hate crimes. Most notably, he successfully prosecuted Joseph DeAngelo, who committed 13 murders and over 50 sexual assaults in 11 different jurisdictions throughout California. In 2017, he was presented with both the National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association and Sacramento District Attorney's Office Prosecutor of the Year Award.