[ [link removed] ]Rob Bonta







Last week, Rob had the honor of giving the keynote address to the San
Francisco State University graduating class of 2025 at Oracle Park.

[ [link removed] ]Photo of Rob delivering his keynote address to the SFSU class of 2025

We wanted to share some of Rob’s inspiring words for these graduates with
you, because they really apply to all of us. Before we do, [ [link removed] ]can you
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May ends?

As Rob told the class of 2025:

“This is a uniquely daunting time to enter the so-called real world. The
price of everything from gas to groceries, housing to health care is going
up. The climate crisis continues to heat up. Rights we’ve long relied on
are being rolled back right before our eyes. People are being attacked for
how they look, where they’re from, how they pray, who they love, and for
daring to speak their truth. And our democracy — the very foundation our
nation stands on — is being stress-tested. It’s a lot.

I can imagine you might look at the problems around us and feel impatient
for change. I’m with you. I share your impatience, and I encourage you:
harness it.

Folks love to say, “Young people are the leaders of tomorrow,” and while
that is certainly true, it’s also true that you’re the leaders of today.
You have a voice today. You don’t have to wait your turn or wait for
permission — you have the power to make a difference now. Your age will
only hold you back if you let it.

I’m here to call you to action. It’s my sincerest hope that each of you
will answer in your own way. Across the nation, our rights, freedoms, and
safety are under attack. Now is not the time for silence or blind
compliance. The stakes are too high. Everyone has a role to play in
shaping the world we all deserve to live in.

As California Attorney General, my role includes vigorously protecting our
people, enforcing our laws, and taking action when anyone breaks them,
including, yes, the President of the United States. It should not be too
much to ask that the President follow the law and uphold the Constitution,
and yet, in the last four months, I’ve already had to take President Trump
to court 22 times because he has acted as if he’s above the law. He isn’t
— no one is.

Now I ask you, what role can you play? None of you needs to do everything,
but I respectfully encourage all of you to do something. Something that
makes our shared society fairer and stronger, something that helps fix a
broken part of the world, something that you are passionate about that has
personal meaning to you. If you don't have the answer today, that’s
alright. Now is the time to find out.

The one unsolicited piece of advice I have for all of you is to stay
engaged, be it following the news, joining a march, attending a community
meeting, sharing opinions with friends, family members, and neighbors, or
voting in every election. You have a vested interest in what happens in
your community, your state, and your country. Democracy is not a spectator
sport, it is full-contact. It thrives on engagement and it dies with
apathy and neglect, which means we need you in the game, not on the
sidelines.”

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Thank you for all you do,

Team Bonta





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