Column: Kamala Harris embraces Oakland — and this time the feeling is mutual
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Kamala Harris embraces Oakland — and this time the feeling is mutual

LA Times  

Kamala Harris drew a crowd in Oakland topping 20,000 when she launched her first presidential bid, but some in the city saw her as something of an interloper. “It was a political move,” Oakland resident David Omosheyin scoffed as he crossed the nearly empty City Hall plaza a month after Harris’ big 2019 bash. “It’s good to see a candidate we can identify with,” said Deb Tisdale, 71, who has a part-time administrative job at City Hall and lives where the Oakland Hills meet the Flatlands, a defining social and geographic divide that Harris notably mentioned in her convention speech. “It’s good to see her put Oakland in the spotlight.” “Local kid does good,” said Fred Haliburton, 57, who works in the city’s finance department and lives in East Oakland. “Maybe,” Haliburton said, “just maybe, in some kind of way that’ll trickle down, she’ll say, ‘Oakland really needs some help.’ And something positive will happen.” Pschirrer, on a break from her post in the public works department, said, at the least, Harris topping the Democrats’ ticket means the city could become known for something other than the maladies — murders, shootings, alleged civic corruption — that produce one depressing headline after another.

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Kamala Harris urges supporters to ‘stay in the fight’
1 week ago

Kamala Harris urges supporters to ‘stay in the fight’

Politico  

Harris offered no clues as to whether she plans to run for governor of California in 2026 or seek the presidency again in 2028, as she is rumored to be considering. “We must stay in the fight because that is the responsibility, in my opinion, that comes with the privilege of being an American.” Since Nov. 5, Harris has kept …

Harris targets voters in last ditch election efforts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Harris targets voters in last ditch election efforts

ABC  

Sabra Lane: Our North America correspondent Barbara Miller is following the Harris campaign. Barbara Miller: Well, it looks like a relatively quiet day after a pretty hectic final day of campaigning culminating in that election eve rally in Philadelphia. For example, she's done one with a radio show in Atlanta, and she was clearly targeting black men there, speaking to …

The Case for Kamala Harris Boils Down to a Simple Thing
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Case for Kamala Harris Boils Down to a Simple Thing

Slate  

On Tuesday, Americans will again cast our ballots for a woman who might be president. It’s easy to pick the Clinton campaign apart and argue over what she did wrong or how she was wronged It’s much more devastating to look at this election between that same vulgar reality-TV host and a different woman who seems to be correcting for …

Democratic mayors in San Francisco and Oakland fight to keep their jobs on Election Day
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Democratic mayors in San Francisco and Oakland fight to keep their jobs on Election Day

The Independent  

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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Faces Recall Amid Election Battle
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Faces Recall Amid Election Battle

Associated Press  

San Francisco and Oakland mayoral elections are underway amidst a national debate on public safety and a statewide vote on a tough-on-crime proposition. Both cities have seen a surge in homelessness and open-air drug use, leading to a heated mayoral race. London Breed, the first Black woman to hold the San Francisco mayor's office, faces challengers who accuse her of …

In final pitch to voters, Harris makes the case for her presidency : Consider This from NPR : NPR
1 month, 3 weeks ago

In final pitch to voters, Harris makes the case for her presidency : Consider This from NPR : NPR

NPR  

Harris makes her final pitch for her presidency Enlarge this image toggle caption Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Stephanie Scarbrough/AP On Tuesday night, one week before election day, Vice President Kamala Harris made her closing argument to the American people. Over about half an hour, Harris made her final pitch to voters, reviewing the agenda she would pursue as President, and arguing Donald …

In Kamala Harris’ Berkeley, political activism is part of growing up
2 months ago

In Kamala Harris’ Berkeley, political activism is part of growing up

LA Times  

Wearing a T-shirt that reads “First but not the last” — a phrase Kamala Harris has used to describe herself as the country’s first female vice president — a 9-year-old named Violet stood outside her elementary school, one the Democratic nominee once attended, and worried about the future if former President Trump is elected next month. Nine-year-old girls at Berkeley’s …

Column: Kamala Harris tried being something she wasn’t. Now that liberal makeover is dogging her candidacy
3 months ago

Column: Kamala Harris tried being something she wasn’t. Now that liberal makeover is dogging her candidacy

LA Times  

Running for president the first time, Kamala Harris staked a number of positions aimed at boosting her support on the left. Still, the hangover from her failed 2020 campaign lingers, owing to Harris’ leftward lurch and the position she took on issues, such as healthcare and immigration, that Trump and other Republicans have eagerly used to portray “Comrade Kamala” as …

On Kamala Harris’ San Francisco home turf, old friends root for her on presidential debate night
3 months, 1 week ago

On Kamala Harris’ San Francisco home turf, old friends root for her on presidential debate night

LA Times  

Steve Morton, center, and Michaiel Bovenes, right, react during a presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a watch party hosted by the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club at the Academy in San Francisco. “I’m so stressed out,” said Sieck, an abortion rights activist and longtime San …

Column: The Harris-Newsom competition is over and it’s clear who won. The governor doesn’t seem happy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: The Harris-Newsom competition is over and it’s clear who won. The governor doesn’t seem happy

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom was a mere shadow at the Democratic National Convention, which was a pageant celebrating the Golden State and Vice President Kamala Harris. Over four days and nights, one speaker after another sang the virtues of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Oakland-born, Berkeley-raised former state attorney general and U.S. senator who now tops the party’s presidential ticket. The Democratic …

Column: Kamala Harris puts California at the center of politics. Will that help or hurt her?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Kamala Harris puts California at the center of politics. Will that help or hurt her?

LA Times  

If Kamala Harris wins in November, she’ll make history in yet another way, becoming the first California Democrat elected president. “California is having a moment,” said Don Sipple, a political strategist who helped elect several of the state’s governors, because of “the woman who opened the door and the woman who walked through it.” With heightened attention comes greater scrutiny, …

Kamala Harris may rise or fall on whether voters are ready to embrace America’s changing face
4 months ago

Kamala Harris may rise or fall on whether voters are ready to embrace America’s changing face

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday. From its opening moments, Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech made clear that no issue will shape the 2024 presidential election so much as voter attitudes toward America’s rapidly changing face. As Harris continued, she placed the immigrant drive for success at …

Editorial: Harris’ nomination marks an extraordinary moment in American history
4 months ago

Editorial: Harris’ nomination marks an extraordinary moment in American history

LA Times  

Barely a month ago, it was hard to imagine anything but a fraught and woebegone Democratic National Convention presided over by a post-debate President Biden sinking in the polls to Donald Trump. Instead, Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Chicago this week on an astonishing and unexpected groundswell of support and enthusiasm as the presidential candidate who wasn’t supposed to …

Trump laments San Francisco was a 'great city' 15 years ago — when Kamala Harris was D.A.
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump laments San Francisco was a 'great city' 15 years ago — when Kamala Harris was D.A.

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump took time during his news conference at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey to rage against Vice President Kamala Harris' home state of California, calling it "one of the worst run states" and accusing her and Gov. she destroyed as attorney general, she destroyed California, along with Gavin Newscum and she — San Francisco you …

Why Trump should fear the women going all out for Kamala Harris
4 months, 1 week ago

Why Trump should fear the women going all out for Kamala Harris

The Independent  

Hailey Guerra had never bothered to attend a presidential campaign rally before now — but Kamala Harris’s visit to the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale seemed different. “Everyone’s just like, at least it’s not another old white man,” Guerra told The Independent, referring to president Joe Biden, who announced last month that he would not seek re-election and instead endorsed …

Opinion: I Knew In 2007 Kamala Harris Should Be President.
4 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: I Knew In 2007 Kamala Harris Should Be President.

Huff Post  

This column is part of a HuffPost series of Black women writers exploring Kamala Harris’ historic candidacy. As we reflect on the challenges that Black women have bravely confronted throughout modern history, including the indomitable spirit of Fannie Lou Hamer and the trailblazing leadership of Shirley Chisholm, it is clear that Kamala Harris stands as a beacon of hope and …

Latinos are excited about Harris, but she has work to do to win the crucial voting bloc, experts say
4 months, 1 week ago

Latinos are excited about Harris, but she has work to do to win the crucial voting bloc, experts say

Associated Press  

Latino voters and leaders say they are enthusiastic about Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, but for her to win their crucial support, they want to know where she stands on issues like the economy, immigration and education. “She will have to work aggressively to appeal to voters, especially young Latino voters who are even more nonpartisan, more willing …

Kamala Harris raises $13 million in San Francisco, touts California roots
4 months, 1 week ago

Kamala Harris raises $13 million in San Francisco, touts California roots

LA Times  

In a boisterous homecoming after becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to California on Sunday and reveled in being surrounded by supporters she has known for decades, while also warning of a bleak future for the nation if Democrats do not win in November. “It’s good to be home,” Harris told about 700 people who roared …

‘I’ve never had an identity crisis’: Kamala Harris on the power of mixed-race California
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘I’ve never had an identity crisis’: Kamala Harris on the power of mixed-race California

LA Times  

Hi and welcome to the L.A. Times Politics newsletter. “I haven’t run up against any resistance from my parents, but my grandparents don’t like it.” Kamala Harris a rally in Oakland in 2019. “My Indian mother knew she was raising two Black daughters,” Harris told The Times’ Michael Finnegan in 2019. “But you’re trying to help people figure out who …

Harris is calibrating her policy pitch for going to battle with Trump
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris is calibrating her policy pitch for going to battle with Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing the delicate task of calibrating her policy pitch to American voters, a standard task for any White House hopeful but one that comes with additional challenges this year. Second, Harris has baggage from her own failed campaign for president before she became Biden’s running mate four years ago. “You’re building the plane …

Column: Is Kamala Harris too cautious, or wielding a larger strength?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Is Kamala Harris too cautious, or wielding a larger strength?

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris has drawn high marks and big dollars in recent days despite her belated entry into the presidential race and weak polling beforehand. The Los Angeles Times editorial board offered an admiring endorsement of her Senate bid, calling Harris thoughtful, pragmatic, trailblazing and a “persuasive advocate for California.” But the board also faulted her for what it …

Opinion: What Kamala Harris’ run for California attorney general can tell us about this campaign
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: What Kamala Harris’ run for California attorney general can tell us about this campaign

LA Times  

Kamala Harris, second from right, with family members watching election results in San Francisco in November 2010. That was the year Kamala Harris, a bright, young, charismatic prosecutor from San Francisco, ran her first statewide campaign, for California attorney general, and ultimately won. Some Democratic Party elders publicly predicted Harris would lose to Cooley — not unlike the Democratic pundits …

Harris refashions campaign in her own image as she prepares for historic clash with Trump
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Harris refashions campaign in her own image as she prepares for historic clash with Trump

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The first change that stands out is the music, with President Joe Biden’s rock and Motown fading from the playlist in favor of more pop and hip hop. On Thursday in Houston, she told Republicans to “bring it on” in “a fight for our most fundamental freedoms.” As she hits the road, Harris’ most dependable applause line has …

Kamala Harris: The most desperate Republican attack on her yet is also the silliest.
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Kamala Harris: The most desperate Republican attack on her yet is also the silliest.

Slate  

Just a few days after Kamala Harris entered the race for the presidency, the conservative attacks on her are already taking shape. Some of the accusations lobbed at Harris are true, insofar as she is indeed a beautiful woman who laughs and does not have biological children, although she is a stepmother to two: Cole Emhoff, who works in film, …

California, with Democrats’ largest delegation, unanimously pledges to support Harris
5 months ago

California, with Democrats’ largest delegation, unanimously pledges to support Harris

LA Times  

San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks at a rally in support of Kamala Harris at City Hall on July 22, 2024, a day after President Biden announced that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. The California delegation, the largest in the Democratic National Committee, unanimously voted to back Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee …

Kamala Harris: What her California years reveal
5 months ago

Kamala Harris: What her California years reveal

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. After nearly a decade in Alameda County and a short stint as a deputy district attorney in San Francisco, in 2000, Harris joined the San Francisco city attorney’s office under Louise Renne. She knew it was an important one and it should be celebrated.” …

Vice President Kamala Harris met by protesters outside fundraiser in San Francisco
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Vice President Kamala Harris met by protesters outside fundraiser in San Francisco

LA Times  

Demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza protest in San Francisco as Vice President Kamala Harris arrived for a fundraiser on Wednesday. Vice President Kamala Harris, the former San Francisco district attorney, arrived at her old stomping ground Wednesday to raise money for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign and was greeted by more than a hundred pro-Palestinian protesters. Her appearance in …

Kamala Harris, in San Francisco, outlines ‘profound’ stakes of election, raises her own profile
9 months, 1 week ago

Kamala Harris, in San Francisco, outlines ‘profound’ stakes of election, raises her own profile

LA Times  

Kamala Harris speaks at a Nov. 15 event in San Francisco. “So the world is watching this election, not to mention the profound stakes that the American people have in the outcome of this November.” Polls show the Biden-Harris campaign faces an uncertain path toward reelection, despite Trump’s ongoing legal troubles and skepticism by independent and Republican voters that his …

These Southern California officials rallied in Washington. Now they face calls to resign
3 years, 11 months ago

These Southern California officials rallied in Washington. Now they face calls to resign

LA Times  

Trump supporters stand on top of a police vehicle Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol. “I’m not going to hide my beliefs to appease people,” Blades said Friday in the live-streamed interview with Andy Falco Jimenez, who bills himself as a CBD expert, retired police officer an+d motivational speaker. “I was not expecting a colleague on our elected body to be …

Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully
4 years ago

Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully

LA Times  

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks at the Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., as she and President-elect Joe Biden, right, introduce their selections for economic policy posts. “There’s going to be plenty of people in the White House that are going to be highly circumspect about anything Kamala Harris does or says for the same reason they were concerned about her …

Kamala Harris has a history of shattering glass ceilings, but her rise to vice-president-elect has been momentous
4 years, 1 month ago

Kamala Harris has a history of shattering glass ceilings, but her rise to vice-president-elect has been momentous

ABC  

When five-year-old Kamala Harris boarded a bus to take her to her first day of kindergarten in 1969, she was at the centre of a raging national debate. "Throughout our nation's history, have paved the way for this moment tonight," Harris told voters during her victory speech on Saturday night local time. People have been on the streets of Philadelphia …

A joyous celebration springs up at the Berkeley house where Kamala Harris grew up
4 years, 1 month ago

A joyous celebration springs up at the Berkeley house where Kamala Harris grew up

LA Times  

From left, Saniyyah Smith, Sharon McGaffie and Judy Robinson stand on the steps of McGaffie’s and Robinson’s mother’s home. On a block along Berkeley’s Bancroft Way, in front of the small, yellow house where Sen. Kamala Harris, the vice president-elect, grew up, there was a small but festive celebration Saturday afternoon. “I’m thrilled,” said McGaffie, who recalled a young Harris …

Kamala Harris Draws on Her Past as US Faces Reckoning on Police
4 years, 3 months ago

Kamala Harris Draws on Her Past as US Faces Reckoning on Police

News 18  

When Kamala Harris won her first election for San Francisco district attorney in 2003, the office’s relationship with the city police force was in tatters. Michael Durant worked with Harris from 2013 to 2017 as head of that group, the Peace Officers Research Association of California, and said the two had an unbelievable relationship.” When her office created implicit bias …

Kamala Harris Takes Center Stage In Democratic Advertising
4 years, 3 months ago

Kamala Harris Takes Center Stage In Democratic Advertising

Huff Post  

California Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, is planning a much larger role in campaign advertising than your typical running mate. Scott Olson via Getty Images California Sen. Kamala Harris has assumed a central role in Democratic advertising as the presidential campaign enters its final weeks, a sign that party operatives are counting on the first Black woman …

Kamala Harris reflects on her Indian and Jamaican parents in first campaign speech
4 years, 4 months ago

Kamala Harris reflects on her Indian and Jamaican parents in first campaign speech

Hindustan Times  

In her opening remarks during first campaign appearance as Joe Biden’s choice for vice president in Delaware, California Senator Kamala Harris on Wednesday talked about her parents, Jamaican and Indian immigrants, and discussed the importance of family in her life. Senator Kamala Harris, presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee, during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, US. The US leads the …

How Kamala Harris found the political identity that had eluded her
4 years, 4 months ago

How Kamala Harris found the political identity that had eluded her

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON: Months after her presidential campaign collapsed amid questions over her political identity, Kamala Harris suddenly and forcefully found her voice – and at a fortuitous time. Harris, a 55-year-old U.S. senator from California, was chosen by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as his running mate on Tuesday, making history as the first Black woman and Asian-American on a major …

Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s history-making pick for vice president
4 years, 4 months ago

Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s history-making pick for vice president

LA Times  

Joe Biden has named his onetime rival Kamala Harris as his running mate, the campaign revealed Tuesday, elevating California’s junior senator as the first woman of color to appear on a major party’s presidential ticket. Harris, who centered her unsuccessful White House bid last year on a promise to “prosecute the case” against President Trump, was widely seen as a …

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