English
Applicant
Attorney General of California
Get a daily digest of California news
Applicant Anne Marie Schubert is asking you to hire her for the role of Attorney General, which pays $189,841 per year. Her resume:
Anne Marie Schubert
Sacramento County District Attorney
Professional Profile
Anne Marie Schubert became a prosecutor fresh out of law school and joined the Sacramento County’s District Attorney’s office in 1996. She never left. Though recent headlines have been abuzz about progressive D.A.s in Los Angeles and San Francisco who want to make the criminal justice system less punitive, Schubert is a career prosecutor of the older school: Tight with law enforcement, vocal about the rights of crime victims and critical of self-proclaimed reformers. Insisting that she’s “not a politician,” she left the Republican Party in 2018 and is running as an independent.
If Schubert is known outside of Sacramento, it’s for her work dredging up grisly, unsolved murder cases and bringing them to trial. Remember the Golden State Killer, the serial murderer who stalked northern California in the 1970s and ‘80s and was finally caught in 2018 with the help of an online genealogical database? Schubert helped lead the investigation and prosecution.
Update: Schubert did not advance to the November general election.
Experience
Sacramento County District Attorney
2014-present
Led a cold case prosecution unit to investigate unsolved murders with the use of DNA forensics, which led to the arrest of the “Golden State Killer.”
Declined to charge two Sacramento police officers after they killed Stephon Clark, an unarmed Black man, in his grandmother’s backyard in 2018.
Served as treasurer of the California District Attorneys Association at a time when the organization was investigated for misappropriating funds.
Led statewide tough-on-crime ballot measure campaigns
2012-2020
Campaigned to preserve the death penalty in California by co-chairing the “No” campaign against Proposition 34 in 2012.
Co-authored Proposition 20 in 2020, an unsuccessful measure to stiffen penalties on property crimes and make it more difficult for some inmates to qualify for early parole.
In 2021, joined 43 other California prosecutors in suing the state to block rules allowing more prison inmates to qualify for early release.
Sacramento County deputy district attorney
1996-2014
Formed the department’s Cold Case Prosecution Unit in 2002, using what was then DNA forensic technology to investigate unsolved murders and other violent crimes.
Charged the “second story rapist” by using a novel approach, identifying suspects only with their genetic profile, to charge a 6-year-old cold case.
CalMatters is nonpartisan and nonprofit.
We are dedicated to keeping Californians informed on critical state news. We can’t do that without support from people like you.
“Here is the truth: California’s criminal justice system is in chaos.”
