What center is that?
The center that doesn't think that the SWAT team shouldn't have machine guns because they 'create a culture of violence', like the District Attorney in SF.
I'm not saying he's really a centerist on a whole or anything, but his record on law and order issues, especially in Oakland, isn't all that bad. He'd be as big of a disaster as Governor if he were to run again (apparently, this is legal because the term limits were not instituted when he was governor) as he ever was. But as AG, I don't think he'll be terrible. Do I think he'll be good? Not really, but AG doesn't have to be a terribly partisan job, and I don't think he'll make it one.