Attorney General Rob Bonta

California’s Democratic attorney general advanced to the November general election and was on pace to face the Republican Party’s endorsed candidate in a state that overwhelmingly favors Democrats.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday that the city of Encinitas should have approved a permit for a 277-unit housing development and that he will “promptly act to hold the city accountable” if it does not approve a modified version of the project proposal.

A San Diego ordinance passed during the pandemic to help hospitality industry workers who were laid off as business slowed has garnered support from California’s top lawyer, though it is being challenged by one San Diego industry.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta met with San Diego officials Tuesday regarding the city’s gun violence restraining order program, which Bonta described as an effective, preventive tool he would like to see utilized in other California cities and counties.