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California Attorney General Rob Bonta

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2726 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Last month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued tech giant Meta, arguing that its Instagram and Facebook platforms use psychologically manipulative features that are harming kids’ mental health. And in September, his office sued ExxonMobil and other oil giants, alleging they misled the public about the climate effects of fossil fuels. We’ll talk to Bonta about the high profile cases he’s brought on California’s behalf and about a range of criminal justice issues, including his office’s recent decision not to charge four Anaheim police officers who shot and killed the unarmed cousin of a Santa Ana City Council member. What are your questions for Attorney General Bonta? Guests: Rob Bonta, California Attorney General Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim.

1:16.6

Coming up on forum, California Attorney General Rob Bonta last month,

1:21.1

sued Mehta, arguing that its Instagram and Facebook platforms

1:24.3

use manipulative features that are harming kids' mental health.

1:28.2

And in September, his office sued ExxonMobil and other oil giants, alleging they misled

1:32.9

the public about the climate effects of fossil fuels.

1:35.9

We'll talk to Banta about the high-profile cases he's brought on California's behalf, and

1:40.6

about his office's police violence investigations, including his recent decision not to charge four Anaheim police officers

1:47.4

who shot and killed an unarmed man.

1:50.4

We sit down with State Attorney General Rob Bonta after this news.

2:00.2

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. A U.S. Supreme Court hearing today over a federal law that bans people under a domestic violence restraining order from having a gun is being closely watched by Californians and perhaps no one more closely than state attorney general, Rob Banta.

2:16.9

California is a state that is taking steps to address gun violence as it evolves from domestic violence.

2:24.7

And the U.S. Supreme Court case, the Rahimi case, threatens all of that.

2:29.1

Should the court's conservative majority rule that the federal law is unconstitutional,

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