{"id":540798,"date":"2021-05-25T21:36:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T01:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540798"},"modified":"2021-05-25T21:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T01:36:07","slug":"california-attorney-general-vows-to-reject-all-campaign-donations-from-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-attorney-general-vows-to-reject-all-campaign-donations-from-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"California Attorney General Vows To Reject All Campaign Donations From \u2018Law Enforcement\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-attorney-general-vows-to-reject-all-campaign-donations-from-law-enforcement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540798&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rob-Bonta.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is running to keep his job as the state\u2019s top law officer, confirmed to a progressive radio station on Tuesday that his campaign would reject and return all contributions from \u201claw enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat made the promise during an interview on KPFA\u2019s \u201cUpfront,\u201d a morning drive-time show broadcast out of Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have made a personal decision not to accept any law enforcement contributions,\u201d Bonta <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.kpfa.org\/data\/20210525-Tue0700.mp3\">told<\/a> the outlet while responding to a question from a Twitter user.<\/p>\n<p>Bonta said he had refunded \u201claw enforcement\u201d donations \u201cgoing back multiple years\u201d and insisted the criminal justice system \u201cis in fundamental need of reform.\u201d He added that he believes \u201cthe vast majority of law enforcement\u201d want to rebuild the \u201cmissing trust\u201d from the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, it\u2019s a time for reflection and assessment of where we are, and where we\u2019re going,\u201d said Bonta. \u201cIt\u2019s time to reconnect to addressing the structural and systemic racism that we know infects so many parts of our systems, including our criminal justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1766381766382\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS BROKEN: California Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobBonta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobBonta<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatsCommentary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CatsCommentary<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kpfa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kpfa<\/a> his campaign for election will reject\/return any contributions from &#8220;law enforcement&#8221;.<br \/>(AFAIK he&#8217;s the first incumbent Attorney General in the country to announce that as a matter of policy.) 1\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0hg8EcaGWo\">https:\/\/t.co\/0hg8EcaGWo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian EdwardsTiekert (@bedwardstiek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bedwardstiek\/status\/1397255539193630720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bonta, who was previously a member of the state Assembly representing a district in the East Bay Area, is the first Filipino American to serve as California\u2019s attorney general. He was appointed to the position in March to fill a vacancy left by Xavier Becerra. The latter had resigned to join President Joe Biden\u2019s cabinet as Health and Human Services secretary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/04\/26\/californias-new-attorney-general-pledges-to-police-the-police\/\">According<\/a> to the Mercury News, \u201cThe day Gov. Gavin Newsom informed Bonta during a Zoom call..that he would select him to lead the California Department of Justice, Bonta filed papers to defend his incumbency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I am running for election,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI\u2019m running in 2022. I intend to stay in the seat, to run a robust campaign and to continue to be able to work and fight for the people of California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mercury News reported that Bonta had been \u201ca favorite of law enforcement groups,\u201d but he told the outlet that he would stop accepting contributions from police and prison guard unions in his new role.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Assembly, Bonta advocated to end cash bail and abolish the death penalty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.618421052632\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bonta did introduce a bill to block D.A.&#8217;s office&#8217;s from handling police misconduct cases if they&#8217;d accepted contributions from the union repping said agency, so this was somewhat expected. Still, notable to see him follow through. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/45EcWF7hXD\">https:\/\/t.co\/45EcWF7hXD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesQueallyLAT\/status\/1397256800877961216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, Bonta called for elected prosecutors to recuse themselves from investigating police misconduct if their campaigns accepted donations from law enforcement unions or associations.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal justice reform advocates have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-05-24\/californias-new-attorney-general-rob-bonta-new-focus-local-policing-racial-justice\">praised<\/a> his sense of urgency for implementing progressive initiatives since becoming AG, including establishing a new Racial Justice Bureau to focus on hate crimes and allegations of biased policing.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-03-27\/attorney-general-appointment-rob-bonta-2022-election-campaign\">identified<\/a> San Francisco Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin and Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gasc\u00f3n as \u201ctwo of Bonta\u2019s allies on criminal justice reform,\u201d pointing out that both \u201care facing petition drives seeking to recall them from office after they proposed some of the same changes supported by Bonta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento County D.A. Anne Marie Schubert, who is registered \u201cdecline to state,\u201d announced last month that she would enter the race to challenge Bonta. Republican Nathan Hochman, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the George W. Bush administration, is also a candidate.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is running to keep his job as the state\u2019s top law officer, confirmed to a progressive radio station on Tuesday that his campaign would &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313055,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rob-Bonta.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"California Attorney General Vows To Reject All Campaign Donations From \u2018Law Enforcement\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rob-Bonta.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"California Attorney General Vows To Reject All Campaign Donations From \u2018Law Enforcement\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}