California Department of Justice

California Department of Justice
Patch of the California Department of Justice
Badge of the California Department of Justice
Agency overview
Formed1943
Preceding agency
  • Department of Penology
TypeExecutive Department
JurisdictionCalifornia government
Headquarters4949 Broadway,
Sacramento, California, United States
Employees4,500
Annual budget$1.1 billion (FY 2021)
Agency executives
Websiteoag.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.[1] The department is equivalent to the state bureaus of investigation in other states.

  1. ^ "California State Government — The Executive Branch". California Department of Technology. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.