Executing an about face, representatives from the California Attorney General’s office said criminal charges were possible in the California Parks Department scandal, during a Wednesday committee hearing in Sacramento, according to multiple reports. Previously, the attorney general deferred to and then agreed with Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Sculley, who said her department would not pursue criminal charges. However, after an investigation by Deputy Attorney General Thomas Patton revealed several high ranking officials within the parks department participated in concealing the existence of about $20 million from state finance officials over a 13-year period, officials in the state justice department …