Progressives place reform hopes on Rob Bonta as California attorney general
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SACRAMENTO — There are California Democrats and then there’s Rob Bonta.
The five-term Assembly member represents an Oakland-based district where two-thirds of voters are registered Democrats and is one of the most progressive lawmakers in Sacramento. He has advanced protections for renters and detained immigrants, sought to add warning labels to soda cans and proposed a wealth tax.
His colleagues will decide this week whether Bonta, 49, will become the state’s next attorney general, replacing Xavier Becerra, who stepped down to become President Biden’s secretary of health and human services.