Rob Bonta – California Globe

SCOTUS Blocks Trump USPS Mail-Ballot Security Rule for Midterms, Citing Timing

September 15, 2026 10:15 amSeptember 15, 2026 10:18 am

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night refused to lift a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s U.S. Postal Service rule on federal mail-in ballots, leaving California’s universal vote-by-mail system, and Nevada’s, untouched less than seven weeks before the November...

San Francisco and Santa Clara Join Mamdani Suit to Block Trump’s Public Charge Green Card Rule

September 14, 2026 11:12 amSeptember 14, 2026 11:12 am

San Francisco and Santa Clara County have signed onto a New York City–led lawsuit seeking to stop a Trump administration immigration rule that would let federal officers weigh food stamps, Medicaid, housing aid and other means-tested benefits when deciding whether...

Get Flock’d: Liberal Tempe, Deep-Red Cave Creek End Camera Contracts the Same Day

August 29, 2026 2:16 pmAugust 29, 2026 2:17 pm

Two Arizona municipalities with sharply different political profiles terminated their agreements with Flock Safety on Wednesday, adding Tempe and Cave Creek to a growing list of communities leaving the company’s automated license plate reader network. Tempe shut down its 33...

Sac Bee and NY Times on the Wrong Side of the Nick Shirley Rally

August 27, 2026 4:00 pmAugust 27, 2026 4:56 pm

The Globe covered the Stop Nick Shirley Act rally at the California State Capitol Wednesday. It was huge, and well attended, including Antifa protestors, despite radio reports of “hundreds of people,” or a “sparse crowd.” There was not much mainstream...

Bonta Sues to Block USPS Mail-Ballot Rule After Supreme Court Stay

August 26, 2026 12:58 pmAugust 27, 2026 10:24 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday launched another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time targeting a U.S. Postal Service final rule on mail ballots. and invited the public to watch him sell it as a defense of “election...

El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells Accuses AG Bonta of Protecting Child Traffickers, Ties Crisis to Becerra’s HHS Failures

August 19, 2026 3:02 pmAugust 19, 2026 3:09 pm

In a viral video posted Wednesday, El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells detailed how California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office instructed local police not to conduct welfare checks on approximately 50 children in his city flagged as possible sex trafficking victims—because...

Aaron Ford’s Role in Paramount Blockade Raises Netflix Influence Questions

August 17, 2026 10:13 amAugust 17, 2026 10:13 am

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s decision to join a 12-state coalition suing to block Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery looked, at first glance, like a routine antitrust action. Closer examination of the players, funding, and beneficiaries suggests...