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Government

Jan. 8, 2019

Becerra sworn in as attorney general and touts achievements

After he was sworn in as state attorney general Monday, Xavier Becerra took shots at his most frequent opponent in court: the Trump administration.

Becerra sworn in as attorney general and touts achievements
Attorney General Xavier Becerra was sworn in Monday for his first full term by Sacramento County Superior Court Presiding Judge David De Alba, while his wife, Carolina Reyes, watched.

SACRAMENTO -- When he was a young deputy attorney general in 1987, David F. De Alba said there were "very few African-American lawyers and hardly a Latino lawyer across the state in the attorney general's office." Then he met another young Latino attorney interviewing for a position and thought, "If we can't get this guy a job ..."

Xavier Becerra got the job. But by ...

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