Xavier Becerra is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 26, 1958 in California, United States. He was a candidate with He ran against Antonio Villaraigosa in the 2011 Los Angeles Mayoral race. in the 2011 Los Angeles Mayoral race.
Born in Sacramento, California, Becerra is the son of working-class immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico. As a young child Becerra grew up in a one-room apartment with his three sisters. He graduated in 1976 from C.K. McClatchy High School, located in the center of Sacramento. He studied abroad at the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain, from 1978 to 1979, before earning his B.A. in economics from Stanford University in 1980, becoming the first person in his family to graduate from college. He received his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1984 and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1985. He was initially a lawyer, working on cases involving individuals who had mental disorders for the Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts.
Becerra worked as an Administrative Assistant for California State Senator Art Torres in 1986. He served as a Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice under Attorney General John Van de Kamp from 1987 to 1990.
He has three kids with his wife, a physician Carolina Reyes.
He is an influential part of his Congressional Hispanic Caucus and served as its chairman in the 105th Congress.
Xavier Becerra (/h ɑː v i ˈ ɛər b ɪ ˈ s ɛr ə / , hah-vee-AIR ; born January 26, 1958) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 33rd and current Attorney General of California since 2017. He previously was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. Becerra, a member of the Democratic Party, was Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus from 2013 to 2017.
