Democratic incumbent Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will face Republican Nathan Hochman to lead the state's top law enforcement agency.
Where Bonta stands on guns and abortionduring his tenure as attorney general with a new office to “implement strategic and innovative programs” that lower the risk of firearm-related deaths.” and to allow local governments, the state Department of Justice and gun violence survivors to sue for egregious violations of state sales and marketing regulations.
. That measure died on the final night of this year’s legislative session, but Bonta said he is committed to passing a similar bill.Bonta has also pledged to defend California’s broad reproductive freedoms, a topic of critical importance for many Golden State voters following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn abortion access guaranteed by Roe vs. Wade.
“My view is that I would actually do a better job of taking guns away from criminals and those in our society who are by law not allowed to possess guns than our current attorney general,” he said.
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