The state Senate on Monday voted 26-9 in favor of final confirmation of Rep. Xavier Becerra as California’s attorney general, putting on watch a veteran politician who has promised to block efforts by President Trump to roll back state policies on immigration, civil rights and the environment. Becerra, a Los Angeles Democrat and 12-term congressman, is set to take the oath of office on Tuesday before Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State address. "As Attorney General, Xavier will be a champion for all Californians," Brown said in a statement after the party-line vote. Brown appointed Becerra as the state's first Latino attorney general to fill the vacancy left when former state Atty.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 23, 2017 23:34 UTC