President Biden’s appointment of Xavier Becerra as Health and Human Services secretary has given Gov. Newsom an opportunity to fill the California attorney general vacancy.

Here are some of the attorneys being touted for the job⬇️latimes.com/california/sto…
Diana Becton has been the district attorney for Contra Costa County since 2017 and is supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus.

She also was one of six attorneys backed for the job by the Democratic Legislative Women’s Caucus.
Democratic Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Alameda became the first Filipino American state legislator in California when he was elected to the Assembly in 2012, representing a Bay Area district that includes the cities of Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro.
Democratic state Sen. Anna M. Caballero from Salinas was elected in 2018. Her district includes San Benito County and portions of Stanislaus, Madera, Fresno, Merced and Monterey counties.

She is one of six women supported for the job by the Democratic Legislative Women’s Caucus.
Democratic Rep. Ted W. Lieu of Torrance was a leading national figure in opposition to former President Trump.

During the storming of the Capitol, Lieu texted the Democrats who served with him on the House Judiciary Committee urging the drafting of articles of impeachment.
California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu is supported for the attorney general’s post by a large number of state leaders, including former UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
Jeff Rosen has served for 25 years as a prosecutor in Santa Clara County, and was elected as district attorney in 2011. He oversees an office with 196 attorneys and 440 other employees.
Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank is a former federal prosecutor who rose to national prominence as part of the congressional team that presented the case for impeaching then-President Trump in 2020.

Schiff is being supported for the job by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Darrell Steinberg was elected mayor of Sacramento in 2016 and was reelected last year to a term that ends in 2024.

As mayor, Steinberg has focused on economic development, affordable housing and youth programs, among others.
Rick Chavez Zbur heads Equality California, a statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization that has played a leading role in many issues including the drive to legalize same-sex marriage in California.

Newsom was urged to appoint Zbur in a letter in January from 80 LGBTQ leaders.
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