Robert Andres Bonta was born on September 22,1972 and is an American lawyer and politician serving as the attorney general of California since 2021.
32 Facts About Rob Bonta
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Rob Bonta was sworn in on April 23,2021, becoming the first Filipino-American to hold the office.
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Rob Bonta was elected to a full four-year term in office in 2022.
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Robert Andres Bonta was born on September 22,1972, in Quezon City, Philippines.
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Rob Bonta immigrated with his family to California at just two months old.
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At Bella Vista High School, Rob Bonta was a soccer player and graduated as class valedictorian.
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In 1995, Rob Bonta enrolled at Yale Law School and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1998.
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Rob Bonta was admitted to the California State Bar in 1999.
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From 1998 to 1999, Bonta clerked for Judge Alvin W Thompson of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
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From 2003 to 2012, Rob Bonta was a Deputy City Attorney of San Francisco under Dennis Herrera.
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In 2009, Rob Bonta argued on behalf of San Francisco, defending its strip search policy in jails by asserting that concerns about smuggling of drugs and weapons at a main city jail presented reasonable basis for strip searches.
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Rob Bonta was elected to Alameda City Council in November 2010.
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Rob Bonta was sworn in on December 21,2010, and appointed vice mayor the same day.
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In 2012, some Alameda residents started a recall campaign against him but the effort never qualified for the ballot, with Rob Bonta winning election to the state assembly in November 2012.
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Rob Bonta was elected to represent the 18th district in the California State Assembly in the 2012 election.
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Rob Bonta was reelected in the 2014,2016,2018, and 2020 elections.
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In February 2021, CalMatters reported that Rob Bonta had regularly solicited donations, known as "behested payments", from companies with business before California's legislature for his wife's nonprofit organization.
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Rob Bonta authored legislation in 2016 to outlaw "balanced billing" by hospitals in order to help consumers avoid surprise medical bills.
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Rob Bonta introduced Assembly Bill 1481 in 2019, which sought to outlaw baseless evictions and mandate landlords demonstrate "just cause" in order to evict residential tenants.
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Rob Bonta introduced legislation in January 2013 that would require California public schools, as funding is available, to teach students "the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans" in the farm labor movement.
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Rob Bonta introduced legislation to repeal a McCarthy-era ban on Communist Party members holding government jobs in California.
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Rob Bonta introduced legislation to end the use of for-profit, private prisons and detention facilities in California.
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Rob Bonta joined Assemblymember Kevin McCarty and other colleagues in 2019 as a lead author of Assembly Bill 1506, a bill to mandate an independent review of officers involved in shootings in California by the California Department of Justice.
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Rob Bonta's appointment was praised by prominent state Democrats including Toni Atkins, the president pro tempore of the state senate, and US Representative Adam Schiff.
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Rob Bonta assumed office on April 23,2021, becoming the first Filipino-American to serve as California Attorney General.
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In 2022, Rob Bonta expressed concern about that the American Data Privacy and Protection Act would preempt the California Privacy Rights Act and inhibit state officials' ability to enforce data privacy regulations.
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In September 2022, Rob Bonta filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of unlawfully stifling price competition.
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In 2022, Rob Bonta intervened after the city of Woodside controversially claimed it is the site of a cougar habitat and should be granted an exception under SB9.
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In June 2022, Rob Bonta released an online dashboard containing data on firearms in what he said was an effort to improve transparency and increase public trust.
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However, Rob Bonta declined to run, and endorsed the campaign of US Representative Barbara Lee.
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Rob Bonta's wife, Mia Rob Bonta, is a member of the California State Assembly and was elected in a 2021 special election to fill her husband's vacant seat.
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Rob Bonta previously served as the president of the Alameda Unified School District.