California Department of Justice

Statewide investigative law enforcement agency California Department of JusticePatch of the California Department of JusticeBadge of the California Department of JusticeAgency overviewFormed1943Preceding agencyDepartment of PenologyTypeExecutive DepartmentJurisdictionCalifornia governmentHeadquarters4949 Broadway,Sacramento, California, United StatesEmployees4,500Annual budget$1.3 billion (FY 2025)Agency executivesRob Bonta, Attorney GeneralVenus D. Johnson, Chief Deputy Attorney GeneralWebsiteoag.ca.gov The California Department of Justice is a statewide investigative law enforcement agency and legal department of the California executive branch under the elected leadership of the Attorney General of California (AG) which carries out complex criminal and civil investigations, prosecutions, and other legal services throughout the US State of California. The department is equivalent to the state bureaus of investigation in other states. Description As California's top-level investigative law enforcement agency and legal department, CA DOJ has statewide authority with over 4,700 employees and a budget of US$1.048 billion in 2019. Last data is that the governor's budget proposes $1.2