Michael Gates, who was first elected as Surf City's city attorney in 2014, is headed to Washington, D.C. as deputy assistant ...

Gates said he is leaving to become a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s civil rights division.

Gavin Newsom — is taking a job in the Trump administration. Michael Gates will be Trump’s deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice’s civil rights division. Why it ...

Michael Gates, shown in 2022, served as Huntington Beach city attorney for a decade before joining the Justice Department. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) ...

Michael Gates announced his departure from his position as Huntington Beach city attorney to join President Donald Trump’s ...

Gates frequently picked legal battles with the state of California and its Democratic leaders. The state sued Huntington Beach over the city’s voter-backed Measure A, which allows officials to ...