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In California, the Office of Attorney General was created in 1850 to contend with what was considered at the time an unstructured, inadequate and inconsistent system of law enforcement.
Kamala Harris was elected the attorney general of California in 2010, becoming the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to hold the office in the state's history.
The attorney general of California is the state attorney general of the government of California. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" (Constitution of California, Article V, Section 13).
Represents the People of California in civil and criminal matters before trial courts, appellate courts and the supreme courts of California and the United States. Serves as legal counsel to state officers and, with few exceptions, to state agencies, boards and commissions.
California's Megan's Law was enacted in 1996 Penal Code § 290.46. It mandates the California Department of Justice (DOJ) to notify the public about specified registered sex offenders. The California Megan's Law Website is a searchable tool to obtain information from the registered sex offender database. The information contained in the ...
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The California attorney general is the head of the California Department of Justice. The attorney general is also the chief law enforcement officer of the state government of the U.S. state of California.
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The attorney general acts as the state's chief law officer and oversees the California Department of Justice. He or she supervises the state's district and city attorneys, as well as its law enforcement officers.
