Attorney General Xavier Becerra Archives

Gov. Newsom’s Private Prison Shutdown Plan Will Cost Thousands of Minority Employees Their Jobs

March 6, 2020 6:42 am

During Governor Gavin Newsom’s inaugural address in January 2019, he vowed that he would get rid of the private prison industry in California, calling for an end of the “outrage of private prisons once and for all.” In October 2019,...

Trump Administration Files Lawsuit Against CA For Private Detention Ban

February 12, 2020 2:21 amFebruary 12, 2020 8:26 am

The Federal Government filed a lawsuit, naming Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and the State of California for banning the operation of private detention facilities. The complaint is seeking a federal judge in San Diego to rule Assembly...

CA Consumer Privacy Act: Enforcement Beginning Even Without Official Regulations Codified

January 16, 2020 7:31 amJanuary 16, 2020 7:32 am

The California Consumer Privacy Act took effect Jan. 1, 2020, with official enforcement by the California Attorney General to begin mid-year. The law is supposed to provide residents of California more control over data collected on them, but also provides...

Newman Remembers Ronil Singh

December 29, 2019 8:02 amDecember 29, 2019 8:03 am

“Hundreds Gather To Remember Cpl. Ronil Singh, One Year After He Was Killed In Line Of Duty.” As the CBS News story recalled, December 26 marked one year since Singh was gunned down by a man he pulled over on...

Justice Delayed for Slain Police Officer Ronil Singh

December 18, 2019 3:08 pmDecember 18, 2019 3:09 pm

As the Modesto Bee reports, Stanislaus County Judge Ricardo Córdova has postponed a preliminary hearing for accused cop killer Paulo Virgen Mendoza until March 10, 2020. The hearing was originally slated for December 10, just short of one year since...

California ‘Disarmament’ Campaign Targets Law Abiding Gun Owners

December 13, 2019 8:40 amDecember 13, 2019 8:41 am

New California law is preventing law-abiding gun owners from buying ammo much more than people who are actually prohibited. “California ammo background checks hinder legal buyers,” headlines a December 11 Action News story by Spencer Joseph in Shasta County,...

Illegal Alien “Murdered My Deputy”

November 8, 2019 10:22 amNovember 8, 2019 10:24 am

Gov. Newson a no-show at funeral of El Dorado County deputy Brian Ishmael Nearly two weeks after the murder of El Dorado County deputy Brian Ishmael, and after his funeral, it emerged that the officer’s accused killer, Juan Carlos...