Introduction
In December 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was
announced to be President-Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s
pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The
California Attorney General's Office is the second largest
Justice Department in the United States, second only to the U.S.
Department of Justice, and California Attorney General Xavier
Becerra was the first Latino Attorney General in California's
history. Before becoming the Attorney General of California,
Becerra had a 24-year career in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
1 In 2017, Governor Jerry Brown
appointed Becerra to the last two years of Kamala Harris's term