Attorney General of California


The Attorney General of California is the state attorney general of the Government of California. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced". The Attorney General carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice. The Department employs over 1,100 attorneys and 3,700 non-attorney employees.
The California Attorney General is elected to a four-year term, with a maximum of two terms. The election is held at the same statewide election as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Insurance Commissioner.

Duties

According to the state Constitution, California Code of Civil Procedure, and California Government Code, the Attorney General:
Although the office of Attorney General dates to the admission of California to the Union, the office in its modern form dates to Proposition 4 of 1934, sponsored by Alameda County District Attorney Earl Warren as one of four initiatives he sponsored to substantially reform law enforcement and the judiciary. Previously, the attorney general lacked jurisdiction over matters in the jurisdiction of locally elected district attorneys and sheriffs. Warren went on to become Attorney General himself in 1938, reorganizing's the state's law enforcement into districts.

List of attorneys general of California

#NameTook OfficeLeft OfficeParty
1Edward J. C. Kewen18491850Democratic
2James A. McDougall18501851Democratic
3S. Clinton Hastings18521854Democratic
4William M. Stewart
Acting		18541854Democratic
5John R. McConnell18541856Democratic
6William T. Wallace18561858American
7Thomas H. Williams18581862Democratic
8Frank M. Pixley18621863Republican
9John G. McCullough18631867Union
10Jo Hamilton18671871Democratic
11John Lord Love18711875Republican
12Jo Hamilton18751880Democratic
13Augustus L. Hart18801883Republican
14Edward C. Marshall18831887Democratic
15George A. Johnson18871891Democratic
16William H. H. Hart18911895Republican
17William F. Fitzgerald18951899Republican
18Tirey L. Ford18991902Republican
19Ulysses S. Webb19021939Republican
20Earl Warren19391943Republican
21Robert W. Kenny19431947Democratic
22Frederick N. Howser19471951Republican
23Pat Brown19511959Democratic
24Stanley Mosk19591964Democratic
25Thomas C. Lynch19641971Democratic
26Evelle J. Younger19711979Republican
27George Deukmejian19791983Republican
28John Van de Kamp19831991Democratic
29Dan Lungren19911999Republican
30Bill Lockyer19992007Democratic
31Jerry Brown20072011Democratic
32Kamala Harris20112017Democratic
–Kathleen Kenealy
Acting		20172017Democratic
33Xavier Becerra2017presentDemocratic

;Major other offices held