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Who will replace Kamala Harris as Attorney General?

Kamala D. Harris, 32nd Attorney General Born and raised in the East Bay, Kamala is the daughter of Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, a Tamilian breast cancer specialist who traveled to the United States from Chennai, India to pursue her graduate studies at UC Berkeley.

How many years did Kamala Harris work as a prosecutor?

Aug 14, 2020 · California’s attorney general at the time happened to be the now-Democratic vice presidential nominee, Kamala Harris. Her behavior in response to this case raises some deep concerns about her suitability for high office. First, she declined to investigate any potential illegal activity on the part of Planned Parenthood, instead choosing to ...

Who is Kamala Harris and how old is she?

Aug 17, 2015 · California Attorney General Kamala Harris discusses the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 in Los Angeles Wednesday, June 26, 2013. The justices issued two 5-4 rulings in their final session of the term.

Who did Kamala Harris run against for Senate in 2014?

Feb 22, 2022 · Kamala Harris served as Attorney General under the Obama Administration and Governor Gavin Newsom’s first term in office. Bar Associations and Court Publications set up to harass and bully ...

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Aug 17, 2015 · California Attorney General Kamala Harris is nothing if not ambitious. Not content with being the Golden State’s top law enforcement …

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Who is Kamala Harris?

Kamala Devi Harris (b. October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California) is the 49th vice president of the United States, taking office on January 20, 2021, in President Joe Biden 's (D) administration. Harris is the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president.

How many votes did Kamala Harris get?

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was elected vice president of the United States on November 3, 2020. She received 306 electoral votes in the Electoral College on December 14, 2020, along with former Vice President Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket.

What committees did Harris serve on?

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Harris was assigned to the following committees: 1 Committee on Intelligence (Select) 2 Committee on the Budget 3 Committee on Environment and Public Works 4 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 5 Committee on the Judiciary

Where was Kamala Harris born?

Biography. Harris was born in Oakland, California, in 1964. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from Howard University in 1986 and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings, in 1989.

How much did Kamala Harris spend on his campaign?

Harris won election to the U.S. Senate in 2016. During that election cycle, Harris' campaign committee raised a total of $13,507,961 and spent $9,499,117. This is less than the average $10.08 million spent by U.S. Senate winners in 2016.

When was the Patriot Act passed?

Passed 74 to 20 in the U.S. Senate on November 20th, 2019. U.S. Sen. Harris voted for: U.S. House Resolution 755.

Who is Biden's running mate?

Biden announced Harris was his running mate on August 11, 2020. Harris is a former member of the U.S. Senate, representing California from 2017 to 2021. She is also a former attorney general of California. She served in the position from 2011 to 2017.

Who is Kamala Harris?

Kamala D. Harris, 32nd Attorney General. Born and raised in the East Bay, Kamala is the daughter of Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, a Tamilian breast cancer specialist who traveled to the United States from Chennai, India to pursue her graduate studies at UC Berkeley.

What college did Kamala go to?

After attending public schools, Kamala's strong commitment to justice and public service led her to Howard University, America’s oldest historically black university, and then to the University of Cali fornia, Hastings College of the Law.

How much did Planned Parenthood donate to Harris?

However, when it emerged that Planned Parenthood and its associates had donated over $80,000 to Harris’s political campaigns — both for attorney general and for a seat in the Senate — there was outrage over the flagrant conflict of interest.

What happened to Planned Parenthood in 2015?

In 2015, an undercover sting led to the release of a series of videos that appeared to show top Planned Parenthood leadership engaged in the sale of aborted fetal body parts. The videos led to a large public outcry and a string of congressional and state inquiries into the embattled abortion provider followed, many of which are rumbling on to the present day.

Where did Weills meet with Ashker?

Weills set up a meeting at Pelican Bay with Ashker and the SHU strike leaders. “The experience,” she wrote in an email to associates, “was mind-blowing. Starving and weak, they were being subjected to further punishment with freezing air blasted into their cells while wearing only underwear. It became very clear that they were wedded to their nonviolent protest to win improved conditions for all those men in solitary confinement, whatever the personal costs to themselves.”

How many prisoners are in solitary confinement?

The Internet-based project Solitary Watch estimates that as many as 80,000 federal and state prisoners in the U.S. are held under conditions (22.5 hours of daily isolation) generally defined as solitary confinement. The practice has been increasingly condemned by human rights authorities across the globe, including the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, who declared in a 2011 speech: “Segregation, isolation, separation, cellular, lockdown, Supermax, the hole, Secure Housing Unit … whatever the name, solitary confinement should be banned by states as a punishment or extortion technique.”

What is the stepdown process for SHU?

The debriefing program has been shelved, and a five-stage “stepdown” process has been implemented to facilitate inmate rehabilitation and release from SHU custody.

Where is Pelican Bay in Oregon?

Located outside Crescent City, in the northwest corner of the state just 13 miles south of the Oregon border, Pelican Bay opened its doors in 1989. As the facility’s official mission statement declares, the institution was designed to detain the state’s “most serious” convicts. More than half of the inmate population of 2,715 is confined in a standard maximum-security setting.

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Antitrust

  • AG Becerra’s antitrust section has investigated, litigated, and entered into settlements of multiple cases involving major healthcare and technology companies and generic drug manufacturers, and sought to enforce California’s primary antitrust statute (the Cartwright Act) and the Unfair …
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Employment

  • The Office appeared as an amicus in support of employees in labor actions. In Bernstein v. Virgin America, Inc., the district court awarded a class of flight attendants $77 million. The court found that Virgin America was subject to California’s labor laws, both as to work done in California and based on employment policies decided from Virgin’s California headquarters, and that the plainti…
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Environmental

  • Shortly after winning election, in 2018 AG Becerra announced the creation of an Environmental Justice Bureau within the Environment Section of the California Department of Justice.Charged with “protect[ing] people and communities that endure a disproportionate share of environmental pollution and public health hazards,” the Bureau launched investigations and actions seeking to r…
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False Claims Act

  • Under AG Becerra, the Office’s False Claims Unit has investigated and prosecuted alleged overcharges by private companies to State agencies and pension funds, with some actions dating back more than a decade. One area of particular False Claims Act focus over the past decade, which continued during AG Becerra’s term, has been the recovery of investment losses suffered …
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Healthcare

  • In addition to the Office’s activity regulating healthcare mergers and alleged price-fixing agreements discussed above, AG Becerra obtained substantial awards based on allegedly deceptive marketing of certain health care products. In January 2019, AG Becerra announced a $120 million nationwide settlement—of which California will receive $8 million—with Johnson & …
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Privacy and Cybersecurity

  • The Attorney General’s Office has long been active in investigating and prosecuting companies for data breaches that exposed consumers’ personally identifiable information. For example, over the last two years, the Office has announced various multi-million dollar settlements arising out of data breaches, including against large health insurance and retail companies for allegedly failin…
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Looking Forward Into 2021 and Beyond

  • California’s Constitution provides that the Governor fills any vacancy in the office of the Attorney General, to complete the remainder of the existing term, by nominating a candidate who must be confirmed by a majority of the state Assembly and state Senate. Unlike other statewide offices such as Secretary of State, the Attorney General must be admitted to the California Bar, and for …
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Biography

  • Harris was born in Oakland, California, in 1964. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from Howard University in 1986 and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings, in 1989. After graduating from law school, Harris joined the office of the Alameda County district attorney, where she worked for eight years as a prosecutor. In 1998, Harris was h…
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Career

  • Below is an abbreviated outline of Harris' academic, professional, and political career: 1. 2021-Present: Vice president of the United States 2. 2017-2021: U.S. senator from California 3. 2011-2016: Attorney general of California 4. 2004-2011: District attorney of San Francisco 5. 1990-1998: Deputy district attorney, Alameda County, Calif. 6. 1989: Graduated from the University of Califor…
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Elections

  • 2016
    1. 1.1. See also: United States Senate election in California, 2016 Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated California's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. California's U.S. Senate seat was open following the retirement of incumbent Barbara Boxer (D). Thirty-four candidates filed t…
  • 2014
    1. See also: State executive official elections, 2014 Harris won re-election to the office of state attorney general in 2014.
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Campaign Donors

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Noteworthy Events

  • Possible 2016 SCOTUS nominee
    1. 1.1. See also: Process to fill the vacated seat of Justice Antonin Scalia Prior to President Barack Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland, Harris was mentioned as a possible nominee to replace former United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on February 13, 2…
  • Possible 2016 Democratic vice presidential candidate
    1. 1.1. See also: Possible vice presidential picks, 2016 Harris was mentioned as a possible Democratic vice presidential candidate. On July 22, 2016, Hillary Clinton announced that she had selected U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine(D-Va.) as her running mate.
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Recent News

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