I've known Kalama Harris for many years.
Our work on any violence
against women and children
and her work as district
attorney in San Francisco
became completely aligned.
I remember being so struck
by having a district attorney
who cared both about justice,
about safety and
accountability, but figuring out
how to stop that crime
from happening again.
So let me give you a couple of examples.
She understood that when
kids grow up in homes
that are riddled with violence,
they see it, they learn it,
and what we know is if you
learn it, you can unlearn it.
So she created programs like Back On Track
and other programs that
really changed the course
of kids' lives.
I think it's just so important to know
is she's passionate
about solving problems.
I need to know the best
practice in the country
and I wanna do it.
Or if it doesn't exist, I wanna create it,
and how do I create a
different kind of paradigm
for people in San Francisco,
the state of California,
and in the nation?
She's always looked at it that way.
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