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Newsom's AG pick will test California's mood on criminal justice OAKLAND — Becoming California's top cop may have been the easy part. Keeping the job is another story. Rob Bonta was Gov. Gavin Newsom's choice for state attorney general after eight years as a liberal Democratic state lawmaker. He was celebrated in March by police reformers and Asian American organizations as a groundbreaking pick at a time of social upheaval. But Bonta has routinely been at odds with law enforcement, who remain powerful in California and could very well back a credible challenger. Whether Bonta survives nex...

Governor Gavin Newsom swore in Rob Bonta as California's 34th attorney general April 23. A national leader in the fight to reform the justice system, Bonta, a former East Bay assemblyman, is the first Filipino American in the state's history to serve in the role. But Bonta, an ally to the LGBTQ community, will have a race on his hands to keep the position. Already candidates have announced they will run against him, including Anne Marie Schubert, a lesbian who is the Sacramento County district attorney and a registered independent. Moderate Republican Nathan Hochman, former assistant attorney...

Newsom to nominate Shirley Weber, Assembly member from San Diego, as secretary of state FacebookTwitterEmail 1of4 Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, calls on members of the Assembly to approve her measure to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let voters decide if the state should overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he had picked Weber to replace Alex Padilla as Secretary of State. Padilla was selected by Newsom to replace Kamala Harris as on...