Rob Bonta

Rob Bonta is the Attorney General of California and leads the California Department of Justice.^[2] He was admitted to the State Bar of California on October 31, 1999, and holds an active license (Bar No. 202668).^[1]

Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Bonta attorney general in March 2021 to succeed Xavier Becerra, who left to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Bonta took office on April 23, 2021, as the first Filipino American to hold the position, and won election to a full term in November 2022.^[3] He is on the ballot for reelection on November 3, 2026.

As attorney general, Bonta's office handles consumer protection, antitrust, civil rights and public safety matters on behalf of the state. In 2022 he sued Amazon, alleging its contract terms blocked price competition.^[4] In 2026 he and 11 other state attorneys general settled their antitrust challenge to Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on terms that included production and worker commitments.^[5] In October 2026 his office filed its 100th lawsuit against the second Trump administration, challenging civil immigration arrests at state courthouses.^[6]

Before becoming attorney general, Bonta represented the 18th Assembly District in the East Bay from 2012 to 2021, and earlier served on the Alameda City Council, including as vice mayor.^[3] He spent nearly a decade as a deputy city attorney in San Francisco under City Attorney Dennis Herrera, practiced litigation at Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco, and began his career clerking for U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Connecticut.^[3]

Bonta earned a B.A. in history, cum laude, from Yale University in 1993 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1998. He also studied politics, philosophy and economics at the University of Oxford.^[3]

Representative Matters

• People of the State of California v. Amazon.com, Inc.: antitrust lawsuit alleging Amazon's agreements with sellers and wholesalers blocked price competition (2022) ^[4]
• Multistate antitrust challenge to Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, settled with production, newsroom-independence and worker-fund commitments (2026) ^[5]
• Lawsuit challenging federal civil immigration enforcement at California courthouses, the office's 100th suit against the second Trump administration (2026) ^[6]