Kamala Harris opens South L.A. office



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Kamala Harris was in Los Angeles on Sunday to open her L.A. field office in her bid to become the first African-American woman elected to statewide office in California. The San Francisco district attorney is running against her L.A. counterpart, Republican Steve Cooley. The candidates are polar opposites on many issues: Cooley is a veteran prosecutor who has built his reputation on fighting corruption; Harris is a reformer and has made a cornerstone of her career reducing the recidivism rate among prison inmates. Cooley supports the death penalty; Harris opposes it. (Click here for a Q&A on KALW on where Harris and Cooley stand on the death penalty). About the only issue on which they find common ground is their opposition to legalizing marijuana.

Harris’ Los Angeles office is located at 5442 Crenshaw Boulevard.