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Kamala Harris was elected the attorney general of California in 2010, becoming the first woman, the first African American, and the first South Asian American to hold the office in the state's history.
On March 24, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he would be appointing Rob Bonta as attorney general to succeed Xavier Becerra, who resigned from the position to become Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden.
No.NamePartyTerm34April 23, 2021 – Incumbent33January 24, 2017 – March 18, 202132January 3, 2011 – January 3, 201731January 8, 2007 – January 3, 2011In 2004-2010, Kamala Harris served as the first woman District Attorney in San Francisco's history, and as the first African American woman and South Asian American woman in California to hold the office.
Dec. 1849 - Aug. 1850. 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.
NamesDates Of OfficeApr. 2021 - PresentJan. 2017 - Mar. 2021Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2017Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2011Jan 24, 2019 · She had started her career as a lawyer in 1990, after graduating from Howard University and the University of California's Hastings College of the Law, at the Alameda County district attorney’s...
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Jul 19, 2024 · Her first race for California attorney general was grueling — though it was over 14 years ago and against a candidate who had little in common with today’s Trump-dominant GOP.
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Aug 25, 2020 · Sen. Kamala Harris has repeatedly claimed she “took on the big banks” as California attorney general following the foreclosure crisis. We found she played a central role in reaching the $25...
