Gov. Brown taps California’s Rep. Becerra to be state’s first Latino attorney general

WASHINGTON — California Gov. Jerry Brown has tapped House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra to be the state’s next attorney general. He will succeed Kamala Harris, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in November. Becerra, 58, has served 12 terms in Congress and was making a bid to become the ranking Democrat on the powerful…