The State AG Report

Editor-in-Chief: Christopher Allen
Contributing Editors: Grace Garver, Hannah Land, Emily Yu

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California Attorney General

Current State AG
Rob Bonta (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2021 (appointed)

Rob Bonta was appointed to serve as California Attorney General in March 2021 to replace former AG Xavier Becerra when he was confirmed as the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He was elected to a full-term in 2022. For almost a decade, AG Bonta has represented areas of Alameda County in the State Assembly, and was the first Filipino-American elected to California’s legislature. Before joining the Legislature he was a deputy city attorney in San...

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Rob Bonta was appointed to serve as California Attorney General in March 2021 to replace former AG Xavier Becerra when he was confirmed as the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He was elected to a full-term in 2022. For almost a decade, AG Bonta has represented areas of Alameda County in the State Assembly, and was the first Filipino-American elected to California’s legislature. Before joining the Legislature he was a deputy city attorney in San Francisco and a member of the Alameda City Council.

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The AG is an elected position in California. AG Bonta was confirmed as AG in April 2021.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / 2 term maximum


Latest California Attorney General News & Insights

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Democratic AGs Stand Ground Against Proposal to Give Up Public Lands Protections

Six Democratic AGs submitted a comment letter in opposition to a proposal by the U.S. Department of the Interior to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation and Landscape Health Rule (Public Lands Rule). The Public Lands Rule recognizes conservation as a valid “use” of federal public lands that is on the same footing as…

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Democratic AGs Continue to Snap Back on Full SNAP Benefits Amid Shutdown Fallout

Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell and California AG Rob Bonta co-led a group of 23 Democratic AGs and three governors in filing a renewed motion for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Trump Administration to prevent the federal government from clawing back Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits affecting more than 42 million Americans.

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AGs from Both Parties Oppose Rollbacks to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

Democratic and Republican AGs submitted separate comment letters opposing aspects of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to rescind the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which requires that major industrial sources and fuel suppliers report annual greenhouse gas emissions exceeding 25,000 metric tons. California AG Rob Bonta co-led a group of 16 Democratic AGs and…

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