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	The Role of the California Attorney General in Enforcing Civil Rights Statutes
		That inquiry is important because many of the California laws are modeled on the federal laws, and an understanding of the scope of authority for the Attorney General at the federal level lends significant insight to the authority of the state counterpart.
		The Attorney General has the authority to file any civil action which he or she deems necessary for the enforcement of the laws of California, the preservation of order, and /or the protection of the rights and interest of the public.
		The Court held that the Attorney General's constitutional grant of authority to bring suit is limited by the Constitutional provision granting the Governor's powers, and by the express language of the Constitutional grant of power to the Attorney General.
	w3.uchastings.edu /plri/spring98/califag.html (4954 words)

	California Attorney General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The California Attorney General is an office of the government of the state of California in the USA.
		The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" (California Constitution, Article V, Section 13.) The Attorney General carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice.
		The Attorney General is elected to a four-year term, with a maximum of two terms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/California_Attorney_General (159 words)

	Office of the Attorney General - California Dept. of Justice
		The California Department of Justice carries out the responsibilities of the Attorney General through 10 main divisions.
		It is the duty of the Attorney General to see that the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced (California Constitution, Article V, Section 13.) The Attorney General carries out responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice.
		Under the state Constitution, the Attorney General is elected to a four-year term in the same statewide election as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Insurance Commissioner.
	ag.ca.gov /ag (548 words)

	California Attorney General
		The AG is the controlling force for operations of the Sheriffs' departments and the district attorneys in California.
		The California Attorney General has no care or concern regarding criminal misconduct on the part of Sheriffs or DAs, his priorities are to protect these groups from accountability.
		CA Attorney Bill Lockyer considers it ok for a Modesto SWAT team member to murder an 11 year old boy via a shotgun blast to his back while the boy was laying face-down on the floor.
	www.itsforthekids.com /CAAG.htm (617 words)

	California Missing Persons - California Dept. of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
		The Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit in the California Department of Justice assists law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in locating missing persons and identifying unknown live and deceased persons through the comparison of physical characteristics, fingerprints and dental/body X-rays.
		All California police and sheriffs' departments must accept any report, including a report by telephone, of a missing person, including runaways, without delay and will give priority to the handling of the report.
		California's AMBER Alert is an innovative statewide program in which law enforcement agencies, local radio and television stations and the public collaborate to help locate abducted children as soon as possible after they are reported missing.
	caag.state.ca.us /missing (656 words)

	California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar Lead 45-state Effort to Challenge ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In their brief, the Attorneys General note that denial of the stay may hamper the ability of the Federal Communications Commission and possibly some states to enforce their own laws and regulations.
		The Attorney General's Office devoted considerable resources to develop the regulatory and technological infrastructure needed to create the list and enforce the prohibition on calls to phone numbers on the list.
		If the district court's decision blocking the FTC registry is not stayed, California may have to return to its original plan after already suffering a year-long delay in providing relief to those consumers who believed registering with the FTC would block telemarketing calls to their home and cell phone numbers.
	caag.state.ca.us /newsalerts/2003/03-119.htm (489 words)

	California attorney general says prosecution likely in HP scandal - Breaking - Technology - smh.com.au
		California's attorney general said Thursday that HP's investigation of its own board members violated two California laws related to identity theft and illegal access to computer records.
		Licensed private investigators in California and many other states are also allowed to employ such strategies to hunt down people who try to hide from the law, said Tamara Thompson, a private investigator in Oakland who has been practicing for 15 years.
		Attorneys are among the most voracious customers of pretexting services; they use the data in court to implicate or exonerate parties in lawsuits.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Technology/California-attorney-general-says-prosecution-likely-in-HP-scandal/2006/09/08/1157222299480.html (1230 words)

	ACLU of Northern California : ACLU Urges California Attorney General to Protect Free Speech and Privacy Rights
		In July 2006, the ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) released a report documenting increased surveillance of political activity by California law enforcement and the lack of appropriate policies regulating such activity.
		The attorney general's office pledged in the media to work with the ACLU to protect Californians’ privacy and free speech rights.
		Then, just weeks later, the attorney general's office reversed its position, declining to take up the issue and suggesting that the ACLU await the arrival of a new attorney general.
	www.aclunc.org /news/press_releases/aclu_urges_california_attorney_general_to_protect_free_speech_and_privacy_rights.shtml (685 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Schools barred from telling parents of abortion
		California schools cannot inform parents if their children leave campus to receive certain confidential medical services that include abortion, AIDS treatment and psychological analysis, according to an opinion issued by the office of state Attorney General Bill Lockyer.
		California law allows minors to obtain certain medical services without consent or notificiation of a parent or guardian, and the California Education Code states attendance is "excused" for certain purposes that include, but are not limited to, those medical services for which no parental consent is required.
		Attorney general spokesman Barankin argues "the 'construe' language is a legal term of art that has been applied by courts for decades for the purposes of legislative interpretation."
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41747 (1148 words)

	My Way - News
		SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's attorney general predicted on Monday that the courts would bar same-sex marriages in San Francisco within weeks and invalidate the thousands of gay marriages the city has sanctioned over the past two weeks.
		California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has criticized the marriages and asked Lockyer to resolve the issue immediately.
		California law, backed most recently by a voter initiative in 2000, defines marriage as a union of man and woman.
	news.myway.com /top/article/id/386588\|top\|02-23-2004::16:28\|reuters.html (492 words)

	California Lawyer - California Attorney - Orange County Lawyer
		California lawyers serve to uphold the state legal system to ensure that the laws of the state are appropriately enforced.
		A California attorney is expected to represent the people of California who are in search of justice on civil and criminal matters, and is legally entrusted to act on the client's behalf on all related issues.
		The Attorney General represents clients in civil and criminal matters before trial, appellate and the supreme courts of California and the United States and also serves as legal counsel to state officers, other district attorneys, and local law enforcement, and federal and international criminal justice agencies.
	www.clearleadinc.com /site/ca-att-general.html (838 words)

	Charitable Trusts - California Dept. of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
		Attorney General Lockyer says Californians should be alert to scam artists trying to take advantage of people's compassion, generosity and desire to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
		California law requires charities and commercial fundraisers to register with the Attorney General's Office and to file financial disclosure reports.
		The Attorney General may conduct investigations and bring legal actions to protect the assets of California charities and insure the assets are used for their intended charitable purposes.
	www.caag.state.ca.us /charities (1195 words)

	Smart Voter: California Attorney General, Duties of Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the state and is elected at the same time and places as the Governor for a maximum of two four-year terms.
		While holding office, the Attorney General is prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law and is required to devote his entire time to the service of the state.
		The Attorney General is the head of the Department of Justice, and, as such, he is the attorney in charge of all legal matters in which the state is interested, except the business of the Regents of the University of California or such other boards or officers as are authorized to employ their own attorneys
	www.smartvoter.org /1998jun/ca/state/race/atgen/duties.html (272 words)

	CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL PROPOSES SERIAL NUMBERS FOR AMMUNITION
		April 6, 2005--California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has proposed that legislation be introduced to require all ammunition sold in the state to be marked with identifying numbers.
		Under the attorney general's idea, manufacturers would have to microstamp a matching indentification number on each bullet and case, and also stamp that same number on the box holding the ammunition.
		Last year, California abandoned its "ballistic fingerprinting" system, which required a spent casing from every handgun sold in the state to be submitted to the Department of Justice.
	www.gunshopfinder.com /legislativenews/california4_6_05.html (681 words)

	guns: California Attorney General looking for barcodes on bullets
		LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Thursday he is pushing for a state law requiring handgun ammunition sold in California to carry a microscopic code that would allow law enforcement to trace bullets back to the buyer.
		California would be the first state in the country to have such a system, said Randy Rossi, director of the Justice Department's firearms division.
		Rossi said despite the focus on the serial code system, the attorney general's office was still open to the possibility of a ballistic "fingerprinting" database to record unique identifying marks from firearms in California should the technology become feasible.
	www.livejournal.com /community/guns/306307.html (1546 words)

	Table of Contents - California Attorney General's Office - Women's Rights Handbook
		The United States Supreme Court is the highest court in the country, and the California Supreme Court is the highest court in the state.
		Opinions of the Attorney General are opinions written by the Attorney General's office in response to questions by state legislators or other public officials or agencies about the legality of a particular object or action.
		Opinions of the Attorney General are solely an indication of the likelihood of the legality of an object or action.
	caag.state.ca.us /publications/womansrights/intro.htm (743 words)

	Aiding and abetting of the scheme by the Attorney General of California
		The value of understanding the actions of the Attorney General of the State of California and his assistants is to show their willingness to lie, which would be of concern to those against whom these same people have filed criminal or civil actions.
		Stich filed a federal action against California judges, which were then defended by the Attorney General of the State of California, John K. Van De Kamp, assisted by Assistant Attorney General N. Eugene Hill and further by California Department of Justice attorneys Mary C. Michel and Lawrence J. Gumbiner.
		Stated and implied that California judges, many of whom hold the position for only a few years and then go back to private practice, were totally insulated from the consequences of their wrongful acts.
	www.defraudingamerica.com /california_attorney_general.html (865 words)

	Publications - Criminal Justice Statistics Center - California Dept. of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
		This report was generated in response to Senate Resolution 18 which requested the Attorney General to assess the extent of crimes against the homeless, to develop plans to address the problem, and to determine if hate crimes are occurring in the homeless community.
		This report was generated in response to Senate Bill 1608 (2000) which requested the Attorney General study and report to the Legislature if Penal Code sections 12021 and 12021.1 are effective deterrents to owning or possessing firearms by convicted felons, narcotics addicts, and those prohibited as an express condition of probation.
		Crime in California is a report that answers several key questions, such as, how much crime is there, what are the short- and long-term trends, who are the victims and perpetrators, how does the criminal justice system work, and what are the costs of crime.
	caag.state.ca.us /cjsc/pubs.htm (1249 words)

	Consumers Union Calls On California Attorney General To Investigate Whether Criminal Charges Should Be Filed Against ...
		Under California's Corporate Criminal Liability Act, managers of businesses, including officers and executives, can face criminal prosecution for concealing dangers in products or workplace settings that could put consumers or workers at risk of death or injury if they fail to notify state officials within fifteen days of learning of the defects.
		California is the only state with a law that requires individuals within corporations to report known, hidden dangers in the products or workplaces under their management.
		Under the statute, failure to notify the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Agency in the Department of Industrial Relations (Cal-OSHA) could be a felony.
	www.consumersunion.org /products/firestonewc900.htm (803 words)

	California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar Defend Federal "Do Not Call" Registry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the "friend of the court" brief, the Attorneys General argue the Do Not Call regulations enacted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are constitutional and should be upheld.
		As president of the National Association of Attorneys General, Lockyer has taken the lead on behalf of the state Attorneys General in defending the federal program.
		If the federal appellate court strikes down the FTC and FCC regulations, California may have to return to its original plan after already suffering a year-long delay in providing relief to those consumers who believed registering with the FTC would block telemarketing calls to their home and cell phone numbers.
	caag.state.ca.us /newsalerts/2003/03-125.htm (533 words)

	California Attorney General Joins Action over Airport Expansion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		California's attorney general has joined the battle to halt expansion of the Mammoth-Yosemite Airport.
		The Attorney General of California, Bill Lockyer, filed a formal complaint and request for injunction against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the U.S. District court in San Francisco on Sept. 24.
		The Attorney General has asked the court to issue a mandatory injunction compelling the FAA to comply with NEPA and prepare an EIS.
	www.netvista.net /~hpb/news/nov-7f.html (842 words)

	Attorney General Lockyer Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Thousands of Gun Law Violations by California Wal-Mart Stores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The agreement resolves a civil complaint filed yesterday by the Attorney General in Sacramento Superior Court, and concludes a thorough investigation by the state into the sale of long-guns (such as rifles and shotguns) at selected Wal-Mart stores in California.
		In response, a special training program was provided by the Attorney General to Wal-Mart officials to ensure knowledge and compliance with state laws.
		Among the most serious of the violations discovered by the Attorney General were 23 confirmed cases where Wal-Mart released a firearm to a prohibited person and 36 “straw” purchases (where an individual purchases a gun on behalf of a prohibited person).
	caag.state.ca.us /newsalerts/2005/05-001.htm (864 words)

	ISYS Search Software - California Attorney General
		With more than 1,000 employees and 200 attorneys, the Office of the California Attorney General represents the people of California in civil and criminal matters before trial, appellate and the supreme courts of California and the United States.
		Additionally, the Attorney General assists district attorneys, local law enforcement and federal and international criminal justice agencies in the administration of justice.
		And, as the chief law officer of the state, the Attorney General provides legal opinions upon request to designated state and local public officials and government agencies on issues arising in the course of their duties.
	www.isys-search.com /customers/success/californiaattorney.html (556 words)

	California Attorney General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Earlier this year the Attorney General's office contacted the Pacific Justice Institute to solicit their opinion on the issue.
		"It is amazing that the Attorney General can put out such an opinion despite the fact that there is not a single statute or any case law that prohibits school districts from letting a parent know when their child is going to leave campus," Koons said.
		They won't get much help from the California Supreme Court, which voiced a law in 1997 requiring abortion businesses to notify parents when their teenager daughters were considering an abortion.
	www.nysrighttolife.org /news/12032004/california_attorney_general.htm (633 words)

	Homeowners Associations: FORMER CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN VAN DE KAMP ELECTED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Former state Attorney General John K. Van de Kamp of Los Angeles was elected the 80th president of the State Bar of California today.
		He is currently president of the Thoroughbred Owners of California, a position he will resign July 1, and the California Historical Society and is a member of the American and Los Angeles bar associations.
		Founded in 1927 by the legislature, the State Bar of California is an administrative arm of the California Supreme Court, serving the public and seeking to improve the justice system for more than 70 years.
	www.ahrc.com /new/index.php/src/news/sub/article/action/ShowMedia/id/1358 (688 words)

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