Rob Bonta

There was so much hubbub over The coziness between David Ellison and his father and the Trump administration.

You know, the fact that Rob Bonta kind of caved in California and didn't end up getting any concessions on the deal that people thought he might have.

And people like Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, who were making a lot of noise about, hey, if we take over...

You might have a reckoning here.

But he does have entertainment industry backers.

And...

he did get involved when the Rob Bonta stuff was going on.

And he was one of the voices in Bonta's ear, trying to get him to settle because he didn't want the prospect of Paramount pictures leaving for Tennessee.

I'm Laura Fitzgerald, KQED News.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta toured the showroom of a housing company at the heart of the corruption case involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Tao.

That's according to a witness who testified today in federal court.

KQED's Alex Hall reports.

A defense attorney said she saw a photo of Bonta visiting the Evolutionary Home showroom in 2023.

Oakland political operative Mario Juarez co-founded the company with two defendants in the case.

He testified he believed Bonta did visit.

Spokespeople for the AG's office and his campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

Along with Rowan, Lake also announced the departures of Assistant City Administrator Chuck Baker and HR Director Mary Howe.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta toured the showroom of a housing company at the heart of the corruption case involving former Oakland Mayor Shang Tao.

That's according to a witness who testified Monday in federal court.

KQED's Alex Hall reports.

A defense attorney said she saw a photo of Bonta visiting the Evolutionary Home showroom in 2023.

Oakland political operative Mario Juarez co-founded the company with two defendants in the case.

He testified he believed Bonta did visit.

Spokespeople for the AG's office and his campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

You fight over things that will ultimately end up getting you in trouble.

And when you think that no one's minding the store, which is what's happening in California because we have a compromised Attorney General in Rob Bonta, You get sloppy, and you get greedy, and you get beyond greedy.

And I think we're in store for at least two more years or four more years of that behavior.

And so far, there's been no pushback from the electorate.

He's saying nothing.

He might be as bad as Rob Bonta with the bucket full of cliches.

Bob Bonta.

Well, I think it comes with the territory.

Live from KQED News, I'm Brian Watt in San Francisco.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta toured the showroom of a housing company at the heart of the corruption case involving former Oakland Mayor Shang Tao.

That's according to a witness who testified Monday in federal court.

KQED's Alex Hall reports.

In other news, the state's Justice Department has ruled that a Mount Shasta police officer who shot and killed an Amtrak passenger three years ago was acting in self-defense and should not be charged with a crime.

An investigation released by Attorney General Rob Bonta's office last week found that the officer fatally fired a gun at Nicholas Detweiler after Detweiler threatened the officer and a train conductor with brass knuckles.

Also,

two news outlets are suing Shasta County for failing to share a subpoena issued to Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis.

Such a California Democratic thing.

And Rob Bonta was there, and it's like a mile from Paramount.

And, you know, notably, that didn't get mentioned.

It didn't try to justify what was going on.

I'm Laura Fitzgerald, KQED News.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta toured the showroom of a housing company at the heart of the corruption case involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Tao.

That's according to a witness who testified today in federal court.

KQED's Alex Hall reports.