Assemblymember Rob Bonta on his California Attorney General Nomination

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Assemblymember Rob Bonta last week to be the next state attorney general. If confirmed, Bonta will finish the term of newly confirmed U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. Bonta would be the first attorney general of Filipino descent in California. He currently represents California’s 18th district, which includes Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro. Scott Shafer talks with him about his nomination and what his priorities would be as attorney general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.3	Governor Gavin Newsom has chosen East Bay Assemblyman Rob Bonta to be the state's next Attorney General. It's an incredibly important
1:01.9	office in the cause of, yes, racial justice, social justice, economic justice, environmental
1:08.8	justice. By the way, all things professionally since 2012,
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