California Attorney General

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Investigative Reporting Program and Investigative Studios filed records requests asking the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to identify officers who committed felonies and other crimes. The department respond by sending us spreadsheets with 12,000 names. Three weeks later, Xavier Becerra’s office sent letter demanding their return.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is labeling as unconstitutional the Trump administration’s proposed rule that would block some legal immigrants from getting a green card if they’ve used—or may use in the future—public services like health care, food assistance and housing programs.

Democrats for repealing the gas tax get harsh words from a union, a startup makes a big donation, police shootings, a #MeToo suit, housing and a pro and con on Proposition 5.

Republican Steven Bailey thinks police shootings should be investigated by the state, rather than local prosecutors—a view shared by some progressive Democrats.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a federal records request today for information about the impact of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy on immigrant children’s mental and physical wellbeing. The Freedom of Information Act request seeks all records related to the creation of the policy and the federal government’s determination of its ability to […]

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will face a Republican opponent in his re-election bid this fall, as retired judge Steven Bailey was coming in second with two-thirds of ballots counted in California’s top-two primary election. Becerra, a Democrat who was appointed to the powerful post in 2016 by Gov. Jerry Brown, has become the face […]