Bill Lockyer Says Biden Administration Must Confront These Major Issues Bill Lockyer enjoyed a long and distinguished career in public service in California. After many years in the California state legislature, Mr. Lockyer served as California’s attorney general, and later, as the State Treasurer. He knows from firsthand experience how hard it is to govern […]
Read MoreBill Lockyer On Why the Law Should Always Precede Politics, No Matter Your Party The law should always come before politics, and that’s a concept Bill Lockyer stands behind 100 percent. A former California Attorney General, Lockyer recently discussed how Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to appoint a state attorney general who supports his view, and why existing law should […]
Read MoreBill Lockyer recently discussed how a lawsuit brought a proper Native American burial for Ishi. Native American communities have been marginalized across the country for decades. In fact, numerous universities and museums have been holding collections of Native American bones for visitors to view and enjoy. This is something that would never happen with European […]
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President Joe Biden launched his campaign after watching a 2019 speech delivered by then-President Donald Trump regarding violence at a white nationalist rally. The line of Trump’s speech that incited Biden to action was that there existed “very fine people on both sides.” One protester of the racist rally had died, explains Bill Lockyer. While […]
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Bill Lockyer realizes that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on every single person, village, city, state, and country throughout the world and California is no different. As the former state treasurer of California, Bill Lockyer is analyzing how the California economy has been affected by the virus so far. The California Health Care System […]
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SAN FRANCISCO—Bill Lockyer realizes that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on every single person, village, city, state, and country throughout the world and California is no different. As the former state treasurer of California, Bill Lockyer is analyzing how the California economy has been affected by the virus so far. The California Health […]
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, June 10, 2020 /– In 2020, the average cost of in-state tuition for a four-year public college is $21,950 per year. For a private university, the average cost is $49,879 annually. Bill Lockyer Speaks Out About The Price of Higher Education These prices are staggering compared to costs even just ten years […]
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Since the passage of Proposition 69 in 2004, California significantly expanded its DNA database. Originally only to document the DNA of perpetrators of serious, violent crimes, voters passed Proposition 69 in 2004 to allow expansion of the number of crimes for which DNA samples get collected, Bill Lockyer said. As knowledge of criminal profiling grows, law enforcement’s […]
Read MoreThe California State Treasurer’s Office plays a key part in helping the so-called Golden State to meet the ever-present challenges surrounding securing a prosperous future for an increasingly diverse and growing population. Appointed as California’s 32nd State Treasurer on November 7, 2006, attorney and former elected official Bill Lockyer looks back on his time in […]
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Hate Crimes Have Been a Major Issue in the United States, Including CA, and Bill Lockyer Has Been Able to Reduce Them During the past few decades, there have been a number of significant changes that have taken place in the United States. Largely, California has led the way. What California has been able to […]
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