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While states across the nation are working to pass homophobic and transphobic laws designed to push LGBTQ+ people down, in California we proudly celebrate, uplift, and stand with our LGBTQ+ community.
At the California DOJ, we’re working to protect LGBTQ+ folks — defending your civil rights, fighting discrimination and hate, safeguarding healthcare and gender-affirming care, and ensuring our students can learn about LGBTQ+ history and heroes.
Because, no matter who you love or how you identify, you deserve to be safe, healthy, and free to live your authentic life. This Pride Month, I hope you will join me in my pledge to continue this fight – not just today, but every day.
Proudly in solidarity,
Rob
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Happy Pride Month!
 California will not accept increasing attacks on our LBGTQ+ community. We will continue to move forward, during Pride Month and every month.
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Protecting California Kids from Illegal Book Bans
 It is critical that children be presented with a wide array of books and reading materials, yet in the first half of this school year alone, 1,477 books were banned nationally, with teachers and librarians threatened with prison time for sharing a banned book. That's why this week, Governor Gavin Newsom, Superintendent Tony Thurmond, and I sent a joint letter to all county school superintendents, district school superintendents, and charter school administrators cautioning against book bans in California. Any attempt to ban books or limit students' access to information based on the viewpoints expressed in those materials is contrary to the values we hold dear as Californians.
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Calling for Stronger Protections Against PFAS
 This week we filed a letter in support of the U.S. EPA's historic effort to better protect Americans’ drinking water supply from dangerous PFAS, which are known to contribute to various types of cancers, liver diseases, diabetes, and other ailments. PFAS are widely used in consumer products including food packaging, cookware, clothing, carpets, shoes, fabrics, polishes, waxes, paints, and cleaning products, as well as in firefighting foams designed to quickly smother liquid fuel fires.
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Combatting the Opioid Crisis
 This week, a federal court issued a decision allowing our $6 billion settlement against Purdue Pharma to move forward, with nearly $500 million of the company's ill-gotten gains to be brought back to California. However, disappointingly, the decision does not require Purdue to lift the Sackler family's liability shield from private claims. The opioid crisis has left a trail of pain, grief and destruction across the nation that will leave its mark on generations to come. Its ringleaders — Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family — bear responsibility for causing much of this grief. The victims of this crisis deserve justice and they should have the option to take Purdue to court for it.
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Standing Together to Fight Hate
 There is no place for hate in California, and now more than ever, we must stand united against hate and extremism. On Friday, I traveled to Bakersfield to meet with Mayor Karen Goh and local leaders for an anti-hate roundtable discussion. The roundtable was the 11th in a series of meetings we've hosted across the state to bring together local elected officials, law enforcement officers, and community leaders to discuss best practices in addressing hate crimes.
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Tweet of the Week
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Join the California DOJ!
 Apply today to help DOJ protect the health, well-being, and public safety of Californians. Check out our featured jobs below and visit oag.ca.gov/careers for a full listing of available positions:
Deputy Attorney General III, Government Law, Second Amendment Litigation Team
Deputy Attorney General IV, Worker Rights and Fair Labor
Deputy Attorney General III, Health Quality Enforcement
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Police Practices Section
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charitable Trusts Section
Criminalist, Bureau of Forensic Services
Investigative Auditor IV (Specialist), DMFEA
Research Data Supervisor I, Department of Justice Research Center
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FLASH BRIEFING
Attorney General Bonta Announces $102.5 Million Settlement Against Maker of Opioid Addiction Treatment Drug Suboxone
Attorney General Bonta Submits Comment Letter Recommending Reforms to the Tenant Screening Process
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Video of the Week
 Banning books isn’t freedom, it’s tyranny. That’s why Governor Gavin Newsom, Superintendent Tony Thurmond, and I are sending a letter to school districts across the state making clear that in California, we protect and cultivate access to books.
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Resource Corner
Navigating tenant-landlord relationships can be difficult, and many California families are struggling to find safe and affordable housing.
I urge everyone to familiarize themselves with their tenant rights and to seek immediate help if they believe their landlord is violating the law.
Read and share DOJ's "Know Your Rights as a California Tenant" alert:
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