ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA SECURES MAJOR VICTORIES FROM STATE'S HIGHEST COURT, CONFIRMING AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BINDING DIRECTIVES TO RIVERSIDE SHERIFF AND ORDERING SHERIFF TO RETURN VOTED BALLOTS TO THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 24 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement on the California Supreme Court decisions in Bonta v. Bianco (https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S295901.PDF)and Cervantes v. Bianco (https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S295866.PDF), two cases that arose out of Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco's unfounded criminal investigation into the November 2025 Special Election. In February 2026, Sheriff Bianco obtained facially deficient search warrants to seize election materials based on affidavits that did not establish probable cause that a crime had been committed. Attorney General Bonta...