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She was then an assistant district attorney in Alameda from 1990 to 1998 before moving across the bay to fulfil the same role in the San Francisco district attorney’s office.
Kamala Harris was elected the attorney general of California in 2010, becoming the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to hold the office in the state's history. She took office on January 3, 2011, and would be re-elected in 2014 to serve until she resigned on January 3, 2017, to take her seat in the United States Senate .
Separately, found guilty of violating Alien and Sedition Acts and sentenced to four months in jail, during which time he was re-elected (1798). [2] Charles F. Mitchell (R-NY) U.S. Representative from New York's 33rd District was convicted of forgery, sentenced to one year in prison and fined, though he was paroled early due to poor health (1841).
Kamala Devi Harris [b] (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She was the first female U.S. vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history.
An ACLU analysis of arrests from 2010 to 2018 found that Black people were 3.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession despite similar rates of use.
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In her 2019 memoir, she recalled stating her appearance for the People of the State of California before the Alameda County Superior Court at her first trial as a prosecutor: "Kamala Harris, for the people". [54] [55] "For the people" became the title of the first chapter of her 2019 memoir [52] and the slogan of her 2020 presidential campaign ...
The White House told The Bee this month that Harris spent her career trying to reduce recidivism, help people rebuild after prison and improve children’s civil rights in the juvenile justice system.