Rob Bonta

Rob Bonta is the California Attorney General, appointed in 2021 and elected to a full term in 2022.¹ Before that, he served in the State Assembly for more than eight years and worked as a deputy city attorney for San Francisco.² He also served on the Alameda City Council.³

Since the reelection of Donald Trump, Bonta has filed or joined more than 50 lawsuits against his administration.¹ In 2026, he secured a victory that prevented the president from keeping California National Guard troops under federal control indefinitely.⁴ During his tenure, he created an Affordability Response Team within the Department of Justice to investigate practices that unlawfully raise costs for Californians.⁵ His office secured a $17 billion proposed settlement with Meta over claims that Instagram and Facebook harmed children’s mental health.⁶ He also led a coalition of attorneys general in a settlement with Paramount Skydance over its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, requiring an additional $1.5 billion in domestic film production over five years and annual film release commitments.⁷ His office secured a sentence against a real estate agent who attempted to raise rent by 38% for a couple who lost their home in the Eaton Fire.⁸

In the State Assembly, Bonta authored legislation to protect renters from wrongful evictions and wrote the law that made California the first state to ban for-profit prisons.⁹ He also authored a law to automatically expunge records for minor marijuana charges following statewide legalization.⁹