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Browse all our stories on Vice President Kamala Harris, including archive coverage of her accomplishments — and controversies — during her time in Bay Area and California politics before 2020. The Oakland-born, Berkeley-raised Harris was San Francisco district attorney from 2004–10, California attorney general from 2011–17 and United States senator for California from 2017–21. In 2020, she became the first woman, the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to be elected to vice president.

Biden Announces First-Ever Federal Office for Gun Violence Prevention

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How California's Reparations Task Force Reached Its Final Proposal

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Harris to Asian Americans: Turn Pain and Outrage Into Political Power

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