Office of the Attorney General

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra yesterday joined a coalition of 18 states in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court to support voters’ rights. In Gill v. Whitford, the Court will decide the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s redistricting plan, which was designed to ensure that the party drawing the district lines would control […]

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 5, 2017 – In the wake of the announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions asserting that the Trump Administration will rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, initiative, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that he is prepared to sue the Administration over its decision. “President Trump has turned his […]

SACRAMENTO August 28, 2017 – As the new school year begins across the State, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today issued a guide to help parents protect their children under the age of 16 from being the victims of identity theft. The guide helps parents place a “security freeze” on credit records in their child’s name and […]

SACRAMENTO August 25, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to pardon Joe Arpaio: “Former Sheriff and convicted criminal Joe Arpaio has shown America his true colors. He demonstrates an embarrassing contempt for the rule of law by hiding behind a disgraceful pardon to escape the punishment […]

SACRAMENTO August 18, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a tentative settlement that provides over $51 million in debt relief for Californians who attended Corinthian Colleges. Corinthian intentionally targeted low-income, vulnerable individuals through deceptive and false advertising that misrepresented job placement rates and school programs. These unlawful activities were enabled by Aequitas […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for its unconstitutional attempt to force California law enforcement officials to engage in federal immigration enforcement, rather than allow them to use their discretion to determine how best to keep their communities safe. Last month, the […]

SACRAMENTO, CA, July 31, 2017 – Last week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with 18 fellow Attorneys General, sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to add language to the federal National Defense Authorization Act that would explicitly prohibit discrimination against transgender persons who currently serve in or wish to join the […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. July 27, 2017 –  Attorney General Xavier Becerra expressed his strong opposition to the Trump administration’s “review” of four national marine sanctuaries located off the California coast: Channel Islands, Cordell Bank, Greater Farallones, and Monterey Bay. In comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Attorney General Becerra underscored that California’s national marine sanctuaries contain […]

July 12, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today issued a consumer alert following the Governor’s declaration of a state of emergency in Butte County. Butte County, like other parts of the state, is currently dealing with a devastating wildfire that has burned hundreds of acres and forced residents to evacuate their homes. Attorney […]

SACRAMENTO, July 6, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for unlawfully delaying the implementation of regulations aimed at protecting students from deceptive practices and fraud. The regulations, known as the “Borrower Defense Regulations,” were set to take effect on July 1, but Education Secretary […]

SACRAMENTO, July 3, 2017 –  Attorney General Xavier Becerra today released the 2016 edition of the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Hate Crime in California report. The Hate Crime in California report provides statistics on hate crimes that occurred statewide during 2016, including the number of hate crime events and both the number of victims […]

SACRAMENTO, June 28, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led nine states and Washington, DC in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, in support of the City and County of San Francisco, the County of Santa Clara, and the City of Richmond in their challenge to […]

SACRAMENTO June 26, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review the legality of the Trump Administration’s Muslim travel ban and to keep in place a substantial part of two lower court preliminary injunctions blocking the travel ban. “Our Constitution will finally have […]

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that California will prohibit state-funded and state-sponsored travel to Alabama, Kentucky, South Dakota and Texas based on discriminatory legislation enacted in each state. “Our country has made great strides in dismantling prejudicial laws that have deprived too many of our fellow Americans of […]

SACRAMENTO June 16, 2017 – Yesterday, at a hearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt acknowledged the importance of the waiver that allows California to set its own automobile emission standards, stating “Currently the waiver is not under review…This has been something that has been granted going back to the beginning of the Clean […]

SACRAMENTO, June 14, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is taking action to protect students defrauded by for-profit colleges and universities and to prevent other students from facing similar circumstances. Attorney General Becerra and eight attorneys general filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to defend key new rules aimed at protecting students […]

SACRAMENTO June 8, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today – exactly 111 years after President Teddy Roosevelt signed the landmark Antiquities Act into law – vowed to protect California’s national monuments that President Donald Trump is threatening. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Attorney General Becerra expressed his strong opposition […]

SACRAMENTO June 5, 2017 – A week after announcing an outreach program and urging Corinthian Colleges Inc. students to apply for loan relief, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today demanded that the U.S. Department of Education quickly act on these requests. The Department of Education has already found that Corinthian Colleges targeted low-income, vulnerable students through false advertisements that misrepresented […]

SACRAMENTO May 26, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued the following statement after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia upheld an injunction on President Trump’s travel ban, saying the executive order, “speaks with vague words of national security, but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.” “The Fourth […]

SACRAMENTO May 25, 2017 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is urging the Trump Administration to immediately close a loophole to prevent highly flammable, highly explosive crude oil from being shipped by freight rail via so-called “bomb trains” through communities in California, including the highly populated San Bernardino-Riverside and San Luis Obispo regions. High hazard areas for derailments would […]