Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is joining the crowded field of Democrats running for governor of California next year.
“California is at a crossroads,’’ Becerra said in a statement Wednesday announcing his run. “From housing to healthcare, childcare to college, working families are facing an affordability crisis. The California Dream is slipping away. I’m running for Governor to fight for that dream, to build a stronger, affordable California for everyone, and to take on bullies who get in our way.”
Becerra, a former member of Congress who also served as California’s attorney general, is the latest high-profile Democrat to launch a bid to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.