Bay Area Reporter :: News Briefs: Bonta sworn in as state's new AG
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...