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Xavier Becerra knows nothing — it’s the one thing he’s good at

Xavier Becerra drew criticism when he gave Gavin Newsom an “A for effort” on homelessness at the recent debate.

Talk about grade inflation. Homelessness is higher than it was when Newsom took office, despite modest recent improvements.

Becerra, too, has benefited from a kind of grade inflation as he has surged among Democratic candidates for governor.

No one knows why: He had no money, until recently, and still has no big endorsements. 

All that happened was that one Democratic consulting firm came out with a poll claiming he was surging.

The media suddenly had a frontrunner to replace Eric Swalwell.

That is a familiar pattern in Becerra’s career: He is unremarkable, until pushed into the limelight.

Becerra had been a junior player in Congress when then-Gov. Jerry Brown brought him back to California to fill in as attorney general after Kamala Harris left for the Senate. 

One problem: Becerra had not renewed his law license........

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