Xavier Becerra

California's attorneys general are empowered to write official titles for statewide ballot measures but the current AG, Xavier Becerra, continues the practice of providing slanted and partisan summaries.

With a series of temporary protections that helped Californians get through the first few months of the pandemic set to expire soon, Gov. Gavin Newsom hinted he will today extend some programs in another flex of executive power. Additional federal unemployment benefits of $600 per week end July 31, foreshadowing a wave of evictions and […]

Feeling unsafe after a COVID-19 outbreak, employees of the Primex pistachio plant are calling for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to investigate the company.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, July 21. Top California lawmakers push back Gov. Gavin Newsom and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf lambasted President Donald Trump Monday for suggesting he might send federal agents into Oakland to quell civil unrest, ratcheting up tensions between California and the federal government.  Trump on Monday threatened to send federal law […]

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, July 15. What happens if districts defy state? Orange County isn’t making things easy for Gov. Gavin Newsom. The county’s board of education recommended Monday that students return to school without face masks or physical distancing, contradicting guidelines from the state Department of Education and testing Newsom’s avowed commitment to […]

Si este estado es el laboratorio de la nación para las leyes progresistas, ¿por qué no ha sido capaz de evitar que la policía se controle a sí misma?

California has pushed back against the Trump Administration's environmental rollbacks by writing its own rules.

El fallo de la Corte Suprema, en un caso iniciado por California, significa que casi 200,000 californianos indocumentados pueden conservar las protecciones legales que les permiten trabajar y evitar la deportación.

Lea este artículo en español. The nation’s top court thwarted President Donald Trump’s plans to place more than 600,000 young people — including nearly 200,000 in California — in legal calamity today, ruling that his administration cannot for now dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. In a complicated 5-4 split, the U.S. […]

California’s top law enforcement official Attorney General Xavier Becerra unveiled a series of proposals to reform police departments statewide.