PBI-Manatt Quiz: California Attorney General Edition! - Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs

1. The Attorney General of California is tasked with which of the following responsibilities?

Preserving the state’s natural resources.

Regulating the distribution and sale of alcohol.

Monitoring the financing of statewide political campaigns and lobbying activities.

Investigating insurance fraud.

2. The new Attorney General appointee, Ron Bonta, is the first

Attorney general to be appointed, not elected, to the position.

Representative from the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to serve as the attorney general.

Filipino American to serve in the California state legislature.

Statewide executive official to be born outside the United States.

3. Which former governor of California did not also serve as the state attorney general?

Jerry Brown

George Deukmejian

Earl Warren

Pete Wilson

4. According to the state constitution, the attorney general has direct supervision over which of the following?

Local sheriff departments

Local police departments

The California Highway Patrol

Local probation departments

5. Which of the following is a requirement for qualifying as a candidate for the Attorney General of California?

Holds a law degree from an accredited program.

Admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court for at least five years.

Been a member of the State Bar of California for at least 10 years.

Has never been disbarred or suspended by the State Bar of California.

California Attorney General Edition!