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Another Blow to AG Bonta’s Attempt to End For-Profit Prisons in California

September 27, 2022 12:34 pmSeptember 28, 2022 5:11 am

A panel of 11 judges in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-3 on Monday that California’s state law that bans for-profit private prisons is to be blocked due to coming into conflict with federal law. The legal...

AG Bonta Launches New Office of Gun Violence Prevention

September 22, 2022 2:33 amSeptember 22, 2022 9:37 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday the launch of a new branch of the California Department of Justice aimed at addressing gun violence in the state. The new branch, to be known as the Office of Gun Violence Prevention,...

Editorial: Rob Bonta Is Right About Amazon

September 18, 2022 2:31 amSeptember 19, 2022 10:58 am

The California Globe has not found much opportunity to praise elected California Democrats. But Attorney General Rob Bonta is right to sue Amazon for its anti-competitive, unfair, and just plain piggish policies. Conservatives ought to join liberals who are finally...

AG Bonta Sues Amazon Over Alleged Anticompetitive Contracting Practices

September 14, 2022 5:05 pmSeptember 14, 2022 9:19 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against online retailer Amazon, alleging that the company was involved in anticompetitive contracting practices that illegally forced third party sellers to give only certain prices. According to the suit, which...

CA Attorney General Rob Bonta Announces $22M Grant For Tobacco Reduction Programs

July 18, 2022 4:42 pmJuly 18, 2022 4:46 pm

Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that the California Department of Justice will be accepting proposals aimed at programs that reduce tobacco usage through a $22 million tobacco grant program. The department’s Tobacco Grant Program was first started in...

AG Bonta Restricts Four More States for State-Funded Travel Over Anti-LGBTQ Policies

July 1, 2022 2:50 amJuly 1, 2022 6:31 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Thursday that Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana, and Utah would be added to the list of states that California halts state-sponsored travel to due to recent LGBT restriction laws. Ever since AB 1887 was passed...

Bill To Allow Housing Department to Halt Legally Dubious Projects Gains Support in Legislature

June 21, 2022 3:59 pm

A bill to allow the Department of Housing and Community Development to block projects in Orange County that are in violation of the Surplus Land Act and other laws, continued to move up in the legislature in June following the...