California DOJ prepared to take action against those who exploit California tenants  California Attorney General Rob Bonta held a press conference to ask California tenants who have been harmed by their landlords to come forward with their experiences. This past June, Attorney General Bonta sued Mike Nijjar, one of California’s biggest landlords, and his family’s group of ...

by Dianne Anderson On the heels of a recent lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, residents in San Bernardino continue taking a stand against predatory property management companies accused of neglecting their homes and exploiting thousands of residents. A recent rally drew dozens of local impacted residents calling for housing justice, among them ...

Attorney General Bonta and Newsom Administration file amicus briefs siding with Newport Beach in lawsuits attacking City’s general plan California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez announced that the Orange County Superior Court has granted their application to file amicus briefs in support of the City of Newport ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in sending a comment letter to the Trump Administration’s U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), opposing its interim final rule that walks back HUD’s duty to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH). Under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), HUD is statutorily required ...

by Dianne Anderson Medi-Cal deep cuts are set to rip away services for California seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income families – not to mention new work requirements to determine eligibility. If passed, over eight million statewide could lose coverage under the Republican-led proposal. California’s CalAIM program, which supports whole-person care and community services, is ...

By Dianne Anderson When it comes to helping Black and Brown students in the education system, political and economic PTSD rules the day. Ever since the Trump Administration’s chilling effect of threats of funding cuts, just the mere thought of helping Black students has a lot of people on edge, even those who would typically ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) abrupt and unlawful rescission of prior agency actions that preserved states’ access to hundreds of millions of dollars in funding currently being used by school districts to support the academic recovery of students following the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Bonta ...

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ During an online conference on Feb. 26, California Attorney General Rob Bonta detailed how the Trump Administration had used its first five and half weeks to execute an agenda that runs counter in various ways to California state policies and priorities. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has issued scores of executive ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following statement in response to the Orange County Superior Court’s decision to grant the state’s request for an appealable order in the case concerning Huntington Beach’s voter identification (voter ID) law, Measure A: “We sought, and have now secured, an appealable order from the Orange County Superior Court,” said Attorney ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued two guidances to help California immigrants better understand their rights and protections under the law and avoid immigration scams by those seeking to take advantage of fear and uncertainty resulting from the President-elect’s inhumane threats of mass detention, arrests, and deportation. The guidances build on the Attorney General’s announcement earlier this month of updated model policies and ...