Category: Rob Bonta

Judge: Warrants to Search Homes of LA County Supervisor, Metro Properly Obtained

A Los Angeles judge has ruled the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department properly obtained warrants to search the home of county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and other locations targeted in a political corruption probe. However, he ordered the agency to turn over any items seized in the searches to the state Attorney General’s Office, which has…


Judge Denies Request to Block Law Sharing Info With Gun Violence Researchers

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego federal judge has denied a request from gun owners for a temporary restraining order to block a newly signed state law that allows their personal information to be shared with a research center studying gun violence. The suit filed earlier this month by the National Rifle Association on behalf of five…


Leader of California’s Biggest Labor Union Quits After Tax, Embezzlement Charges

The executive director of California’s largest labor union resigned her post after the state charged her and her husband with embezzlement, tax fraud, perjury, and failure to pay unemployment insurance taxes. Then-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California Executive Director Alma Hernandez and her husband, Jose Moscoso, were charged in a 7-page felony complaint filed with…


Leader of California’s Largest Labor Union Quits After Tax, Embezzlement Charges

The executive director of California’s largest labor union has resigned from her post after the state charged her and her husband with embezzlement, tax fraud, perjury, and failure to pay unemployment insurance taxes. Then-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California Executive Director Alma Hernandez and her husband, Jose Moscoso, were charged in a seven-page felony complaint…


California Attorney General Launches Probe Into Oil Spill ‘Disaster’

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that the state’s Justice Department has launched an investigation into the major oil spill off the coast of Orange County’s Huntington Beach. The offshore oil spill leaked up to 132,000 gallons of crude oil from an undersea pipeline, killing dozens of animals and threatening coastal wetlands and…


California Bans State-Funded Travel to 5 More States Over LGBT Laws

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that California would restrict state-funded travel to Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia because of the “anti-LGBTQ+ legislation” recently enacted in these states, increasing the number of the targeted states to a total of 17. “Assembly Bill 1887 is about aligning our dollars with our…