Attorney General Rob Bonta – California Globe

California’s Proposed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act: A Fast Track to Economic Exodus in the Golden State

February 23, 2026 5:00 amFebruary 23, 2026 5:01 am

When I arrived in California in 1990, Pete Wilson had just become governor and the state felt like morning in America all over again. Businesses were hiring, real estate hummed, and the mood was upbeat. As a conservative shaped by...

California’s Climate Lawsuit Avoids the Real Work

January 26, 2026 11:45 amJanuary 26, 2026 11:45 am

Anyone who has paid a California electric bill lately knows how bad things have gotten. Costs are soaring, the grid is strained, and policymakers in Sacramento seem more focused on courtroom sound bites than keeping the lights on. To that end, California’s latest climate...

California DEI Education Continues Despite Presidential Executive Order to End It

January 6, 2026 2:25 pmJanuary 6, 2026 9:09 pm

On January 20, 2025, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, which Trump said “demonstrated immense public waste and shameful discrimination.” Trump ordered the coordination for the termination of...

Are Parental Rights Making a Comeback — Not if California Leadership Can Stop It

December 26, 2025 3:00 pmDecember 26, 2025 3:00 pm

Judge Benitez’s order restoring parental rights, free speech, and religious conscience is a long-overdue return to sanity — and California’s Democratic leadership is already trying to stop it. On December 22, 2025, a federal judge in California did something that...

The California Governor’s Race is Wide-Open and Everyone is Jumping In

November 29, 2025 2:45 amNovember 29, 2025 2:46 am

Two more notable candidates entered the California governor’s race last week. That brings the total number of candidates with some recognition to about a dozen. And who’s the front runner? Nobody. A recent UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll said 44%...

Taylor Swift, the Prop 50 Ballot Label and the 2026 Elections

September 3, 2025 11:13 amSeptember 3, 2025 2:06 pm

Reading about the fanatical response to the engagement of singer Taylor Swift to football player Travis Kelce strangely brought back a memory of a panel discussion I participated in about 15 years ago on California’s initiative process. It also got...

Say No to Proposition 50

August 29, 2025 3:30 amAugust 29, 2025 10:23 am

Beware of ethically challenged and desperate politicians’ efforts to use the electorate as pawns in their relentless quest for power. Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta and loyal party leaders have moved with haste to put a redistricting...