California Attorney General

Attorney General of California
Seal of the Attorney General of California
Incumbent Xavier Becerra since January 24, 2017
Department of Justice
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, two term limit
Inaugural holder	Edward J. C. Kewen 1849
Formation	California Constitution
Salary	$151,127
Website	Office of the Attorney General

The Attorney General of California is the State Attorney General of California. 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 Department employs over 1,100 attorneys (meaning that the AG supervises the governmental equivalent of a law firm much larger than the vast majority of U.S. private law firms) and 3,700 non-attorney employees.

The 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.

According to the state Constitution and the 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 where he reorganized state's law enforcement into districts.