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Government

Jan. 25, 2017

State Senate approves nomination of new attorney general

Less than three weeks after Gov. Jerry Brown nominated him to become California's next attorney general, the state Senate confirmed Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, on Monday.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — Less than three weeks after Gov. Jerry Brown nominated him to become California's next attorney general, the state Senate confirmed Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, on Monday.

The 26-9, party-line vote fulfilled Brown's wish to have his nominee confirmed before the annual State of the State speech. Moments after the vote, Brown's office sent out a press release stat...

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