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Access to Counsel Act, 157–58
Ackerman, Arlene, 122
Affordable Care Act (ACA; Obamacare), 186–88, 206, 217, 225–26, 274, 281
Aguilar, Yuriana, 161–62
Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, 2, 278
drug cases at, 48–49
Harris as deputy DA at, 26–33, 48
Alameda County Superior Courthouse, 1, 4
Albence, Matthew, 178
Albuterol, 190
Alexander, Keith, 242
Alpha Kappa Alpha, 23
Alzheimer’s disease, 191
American Academy of Pediatrics, 171
American Bar Association, 272
American Behavioral Scientist, 148
American Civil Liberties Union, 107
American Foundation for Equal Rights, 112
American Medical Association, 171
AmerisourceBergen, 204
Araujo, Gwen, 138
Archila, Ana Maria, 268
Attorney General, U.S., 136–39
Attorney General of California, see California Attorney General
automation crisis, 226–27
baby boomer generation, 221
Back on Track, 55–60, 67, 121, 136–38
Back on Track–Los Angeles (BOT-LA), 59
Bangladesh, 246
Bangladesh Bank, 241
banks, 139
foreclosure crisis and, 76–82, 89–108
reforms and, 108
Barankin, Nathan, 148
Bayview–Hunters Point, 39–40, 196
Berkeley, CA, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 18
Biden, Beau, 99–100
Biden, Joe, 150
Bill of Rights, 64
Black Law Students Association (BLSA), 24
Black Lives Matter movement, 68, 69, 72–73, 156, 267
blackout of 2003, 240
Border Patrol, U.S., 176
Brennan, John, 245
Breyer, Stephen, 115
Bright, Cortney, 117
Brin, Sergey, 146
Brokaw, Brian, 86
Browder, Kalief, 64–65
bug bounty program, 239
Bureau of Children’s Justice, 138
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S., 23
Burke Harris, Nadine, 196
Burr, Richard, 237
buybacks, 225
California, 111, 160, 220, 245
immigrant population of, 161
Proposition 8 in, 110–17
Proposition 22 in, 111
Proposition 187 in, 144
wildfires in, 247
California Attorney General, 142
eCrime Unit, 242
Harris as, 45, 69, 72, 121, 137, 138, 160, 168, 205, 224, 242, 262–63
Harris’s campaign for, 59, 82–88, 113, 210, 277
Harris’s election and inaugural ceremony, 87–88
Mortgage Fraud Strike Force, 94
California Constitution, 112
California Department of Justice, 95
California Endowment, 121, 125
California Homeowner Bill of Rights, 103
California Supreme Court, 112
Cape Town, South Africa, 245
Caple, Ellie, 143
Cardinal Health, 204
Carver, George Washington, 12
Catholic Church, 275
Center for American Progress, 153
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 241
Center for Young Women’s Development, 54
Center for Youth Wellness, 196
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 205, 244–45
Central America, Northern Triangle in, 166–81
Chavez, Cesar, 266–67
Chicago Freedom Movement, 267
child care, 154, 217, 218, 225, 228
cyberattacks from, 241
Chisholm, Shirley, 18
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 243, 245
interrogation techniques at, 248–50
Citigroup, 106
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), 189–90
Citizens United, 116
CityLab, 263
civil rights, 7–8, 21, 58, 63, 68, 115, 120–21, 143, 266, 281
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 159
Civil Rights Act of 1991, 276
civil servants, 226
Clarke, LeRoy, 75
Clegg, Sean, 143
diseases and, 244–45
extreme weather events and, 227, 244, 246–47
national security and, 243–48
Paris Agreement and, 248
Clinton, Hillary, xiv, 234, 235, 271
CNN, 170
Coakley, Martha, 100
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), 144, 147–48
college, 218, 223–24, 225, 227–28
Color Purple, The (Walker), 18
Comey, James, 149
Congo, 172
Constitution, U.S., 71, 114, 116
Bill of Rights, 64
First Amendment, 157
Fourteenth Amendment, 112
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 92, 108
ContraBand, 59–60
Corinthian Colleges Inc., 224, 226, 262–63
corporations, 139, 222–25, 229, 274
buybacks by, 225
Cortez-Masto, Catherine, 100
Cosby, Bill, 275
cost of living, 217–29
Cranston, Alan, 24
and fear of coming forward, 152–53, 161
criminal justice system, 2–3, 24–26, 28, 45, 47–49, 52, 56, 62–63, 72, 142, 156
Back on Track and other reentry programs, 55–60, 67, 121, 136–38
hate crimes and, 138
implicit bias in, 69–70, 197–98
poverty and, 64–65
prison in, see prison
prosecutors in, 24–25, 28, 34, 36–37, 47–50, 56, 62, 72, 138
racial bias in, 62, 65, 66, 68–70
C-SPAN, 275
Cyber Crime Center, 242
cyber exploitation, 264–65
cybersecurity, 232, 234, 237–43, 248
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), 150–51, 160–64, 172
Davis, Ossie, 23
DaVita Inc., 200–201
Dearman, John, 58
death penalty, 83
Debevoise & Plimpton, 95
Declaration of Independence, 120
Dee, Ruby, 23
Defense, U.S. Department of, 242
Delancey Street Foundation, 82, 85
Democratic Republic of Congo, 172
depression, 192
Depression, Great, 222
dialysis, 200–201
Dimon, Jamie, 101–2
diseases, 244–45
district attorneys, prosecutors, 24–25, 28, 34, 36–37, 47–50, 56, 62, 72, 138
DNI (Director of National Intelligence), 241
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 206, 207
drugs, 48–49, 53–54, 58, 66–67, 68, 207
marijuana, 66
Mexico and, 132
prescription prices, 188–91
dual tracking, 80
Duke, Elaine, 170
Eberhardt, Jennifer, 70
climate change and, 244
cost of living and, 217–29
recession in, see Great Recession
college, 218, 223–24, 225, 227–28
cost of, 218
elementary school truancy, 121–25, 138, 263
for-profit colleges, 223–24
high school dropout rate, 122
reading proficiency, 122
elders, 221
elementary school truancy, 121–25, 138, 263
Emerge America, 42
Emhoff, Cole, 129–32, 134, 135, 149
Emhoff, Doug, xi, xii, xiv, 125–35, 137, 139, 142, 145, 148–50, 154, 156
Kamala’s marriage to, 134
Kamala’s meeting of, 125–28
Emhoff, Ella, 129–32, 134, 135, 149
Emhoff, Kerstin, 129, 135, 149
environmental issues:
climate change, see climate change
Mira Loma and, 257–60
Environmental Protection Agency, 258
EpiPen, 190
Erlich, Justin, 138
faith, 16
Fannie Mae, 94
farmers, climate change and, 244, 245
farmworkers, Chavez and, 266–67
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 66, 149, 239–40
Kavanaugh and, 272–74
Federal Trade Commission, 23
Federation of State Medical Boards, 204
Feinstein, Dianne, 141
fertilizer, 261–62
financial crisis, see Great Recession
Fire Next Time, The (Baldwin), 17
fires, 247–48
First Amendment, 157
floods, 246
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 200, 204
Ford, Christine Blasey, 268–76
Ford Foundation, 183
foreclosure crisis, 76–82, 89–108, 256
Fourteenth Amendment, 112
Freddie Mac, 94
Freddy, Uncle, 8–9, 75, 135–36
Freedom Riders, 25
Fresenius Medical Care, 200
Fresno, CA, 76–79
Gallagher, Maria, 268
Garland, Merrick, 158
Garner, Eric, 70
Gates, Bill, 261–62
gay and trans panic defense, 138
gay relationships, 116
marriage, 110–20
Google, 146
Gopalan, P. V., 7
Gopalan, Rajam, 7
Gorsuch, Neil, 158
Great Depression, 222
Great Recession, 107, 108, 146, 222–24
black families and, 107
foreclosure crisis in, 76–82, 89–108, 256
Green Revolution, 262
Guatemala, 166
gun safety, 281
Habig, Jill, 138
hackers and cybersecurity, 232, 234, 237–43, 248
Hallinan, Terence “Kayo,” 37
Hamer, Fannie Lou, 9
Harris, Donald (father), 4–8, 20, 281
Harris, Kamala:
as attorney general, 45, 69, 72, 121, 137, 138, 160, 168, 205, 224, 242, 262–63
attorney general campaign of, 59, 82–88, 113, 210, 277
attorney general election and inaugural ceremony, 87–88
bar exam and, 26–27
as deputy district attorney, 26–33, 48
as district attorney, 45–64, 81, 83, 121, 138
district attorney campaign of, 37, 39–45, 50
district attorney position desired by, 24–26
district attorney’s office internship of, 1–4, 26
drug bust case and, 2–3
first Senate speech of, 159–61
in high school, 20
jobs and internships of, 1–4, 23, 24, 26
law career decision of, 20–21
marriage of, 134
marriages performed by, 111, 117–19
in Montreal, 19–20
name of, xvi
at San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, 34–36, 54–55
at San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, 33–34
senate campaign of, xi, xiii, xiv, 141–43
on senate committees, 150, 157, 231–33, 235, 236, 238
senate election of, xiii–xiv, 24, 143–44, 148–50
in sex crime unit, 30–33
U.S. attorney general position considered by, 136–39
Harris, Maya (sister), 85, 87, 88, 134, 145, 160, 183–84, 190, 209, 210, 213–14, 254
birth of, 5
childhood of, 6, 7, 10–12, 14–17, 19, 75–76
at Ford Foundation, 183
Kamala’s district attorney campaign and, 44–45
Harris, Meena (niece), 87, 111, 134, 157, 190, 210
Harris, Shyamala Gopalan (mother), 4–11, 13–20, 25, 26, 36, 63, 99, 120, 145, 155, 160, 183–84, 211, 213–14, 245–46, 253, 278, 281
cancer of, 184, 193–94, 208–11
career as cancer researcher, 5, 7, 19, 63, 184, 199, 208, 254–55
cooking of, 13–14
home of, 75–76
and Kamala’s district attorney campaign and inauguration, 39, 41, 46
Harvard University, 247
Hassan, Maggie, 149
Haspel, Gina, 248–50
hate crimes, 138
Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of, 192
health, public, 244–45
health care, 156, 185–207, 217–19
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 186–88, 206, 217, 225–26, 274, 281
dialysis, 200–201
emergency, 191
HealthCare.gov website and, 255
home health aides, 220–21
infant mortality and, 195, 196
maternal mortality and, 185, 196
Medicare, 159, 185, 189, 199, 201
medication-assisted treatment for addiction, 207
National Institutes of Health and, 199, 205
opioid epidemic and, 165, 202–7
patient advocates and, 194
pharmaceutical companies and, 188–91, 206, 207
prescription drug prices, 188–91
racial disparities in, 194–98, 200
toxic stress and, 196
Henderson, Thelton, 58–59
high school dropout rate, 122
Hill, Anita, 276
Homeland Security, U.S. Department of (DHS), 150–52, 157, 171, 172, 174, 177, 239–40
Honduras, 166, 167, 172, 176–77
Horner, Jeffrey, 253
Hotaling, Norma, 35
affordability of, 218–20, 225, 228
California Homeowner Bill of Rights, 103
foreclosure crisis, 76–82, 89–108, 256
Houston, Charles Hamilton, 21
Huffington, Arianna, 147
Huffington Post, 147
Humane Society, 79
human trafficking, 32, 54, 132, 137–38
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, 39–40
Hurricane Harvey, 227
Hurricane Maria, 246–47
hypotheses, 254–55
Iglehart, Dick, 33
IMD exclusion, 201
immigrants, immigration, 120, 142, 144–48, 150–54, 156, 159–81, 235
asylum seekers, 167–70, 172, 174, 176, 177, 180
in California, 161
DREAM Act and, 162–64, 166, 280
false choice in debate on, 165
family separations and, 171–81
Jewish, 146
Mexico border wall and, 164–66
Muslim travel ban and, 156–58, 160
from Northern Triangle, 166–81
Otay Mesa Detention Center and, 175–79
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. (ICE), 147, 151, 153, 172, 178
Immigration and Nationality Act, 159
Immigration Reform and Control Act, 144
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Angelou), 18
income:
guaranteed income program, 256
wages and salaries, 216–22, 226
infrastructure, 228–29
cyberattacks and, 240
Instagram, 146–47
Intelligence Committee, 149, 231–33, 235, 236, 238, 243
internet, 228
cyber exploitation and, 264–65
cybersecurity and, 232, 234, 237–43, 248
net neutrality, 226
voting systems and, 237
interrogation techniques, 248–50
Iraq, 260
ISIS, 233
Italy, 132
Jewish Home for the Aged, 208–9
Johnson, Venus, 277–79
Jones, LeRoi, 9
Jones, Mrs., 15
Jordan, 260
JPMorgan Chase, 80, 94, 100–102, 106
Judiciary Committee, 268–70
jury selection, 43
Justice Department, U.S., 25, 59, 68, 102, 137
Katami, Paul, 112–13
Kavanaugh, Brett, 268–74
Keker, John, 86
Kelly, John, 150–53, 157, 160, 170–72
Kelly Report on Health Disparities in America, 195
Kennedy, Anthony, 269
Kennedy, Robert F., 25, 136, 216
Khazan, Olga, 195
kidney disease, 200
King, Coretta Scott, 143
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 8, 58–59, 214–16, 266–67
Kirkland, T. Larry, Sr., 88
Klobuchar, Amy, 271
Knight, William “Pete,” 111
Knight Initiative, 111
Know-Nothing Party, 146
Kraft, Colleen, 171
Krieger, Mike, 146–47
Ku Klux Klan, 25
labor unions, 104–5, 222, 226, 229, 266
Lancet, 107
Lankford, James, 235–38
Lauder, Estée, 146
implicit bias in, 69–70, 197–98
see also criminal justice system
Lazarus, Emma, 165
Leahy, Patrick, 275
LeBlanc, Travis, 242
Leno, Mark, 44
LGBTQ community, 112, 120, 235
marriage equality and, 110–20
LIFT the Middle Class Tax Act, 219
Loftus, Suzy, 69
Los Angeles Times, 180
Lucy, Autherine, 117–18
marijuana, 66
marriage equality, 110–20, 274
Marshall, Thurgood, xv, 21, 117–18
McAfee, 241
McCarthy, Eugene, 159
McCaskill, Claire, 237
McKesson Corporation, 204
McKinsey Global Institute, 226–27
Medicare, 159, 185, 189, 199, 201
Mendocino Complex Fire, 247
mental health care, 192–93, 201–2
#MeToo movement, 267
border wall with, 164–66
Migration Policy Institute, 154
Milk, Harvey, 119
Minney, Teri, 202
Mira Loma, 257–60
Mitchell, Rachel, 270
money laundering, 132–33
Montreal, 19–20
mortgage and foreclosure crisis, 76–82, 89–108, 256
Mortgage Fraud Strike Force, 106
Mother Jones, 204
Mothers of Homicide Victims, 50–51
Motley, Constance Baker, 21, 73
Muslim travel ban, 156–58, 160
Mylan, 190
Napolitano, Janet, 163–64
Nassar, Larry, 275
National Archives, 23
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), 91
National Foundation for American Policy, 147
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 199, 205
National Lampoon, 119
national security, 156, 231–51
climate change and, 243–48
cybersecurity, 232, 234, 237–43, 248
Department of Homeland Security, 150–52, 157, 171, 172, 174, 177, 239–40
innovation in, 242
interrogation techniques and, 248–50
and Russia’s efforts to influence presidential election, 232, 234–36, 238, 239
and Russia’s hacking of organizations and government entities, 239–40
voting systems and, 236–39
National Sexual Assault Hotline, 275
National Women’s Law Center, 221
NATO, 248
Nazi Germany, 146
Nepal, 246
net neutrality, 226
New American Economy, 192
New Deal, 159
New York Times, xii, 171, 173, 200
New York Times Magazine, 64
Nielsen, Kirstjen, 172–74
9/11 attacks, 77
Northern Triangle, 166–81
Obama, Barack, xii, 59, 68, 108, 112, 136, 150, 158, 163–64, 245
Obamacare (Affordable Care Act; ACA), 186–88, 206, 217, 225–26, 274, 281
Office of Refugee Resettlement, 172
Office of the United States Trade Representative, 241
OpenJustice, 138
optimism, 280–81
Otay Mesa Detention Center, 175–79
Pakistan, 246
Paris Agreement, 248
Parkinson’s disease, 191
Parkland shooting, 281
patriot, meaning of word, 280
Paul, Rand, 65
Paul, Saint, 174
PBS NewsHour, 181
Peace Corps, 201
Pelley, Scott, 89
Pérez, John, 103–6
Perrelli, Tom, 92
Perry, Kris, 112–13, 114, 117–19, 121
Pfizer, 191
pharmaceutical companies, 188–91, 206, 207
PhRMA, 190
Pollar, Mary Ann, 17
Poor People’s Campaign, 214
pornography, 264–65
poverty, 122, 159, 221, 224, 262
criminal justice system and, 64–65
Pravastatin, 190
presidential election of 2016, xii–xiv, 143, 271
Russia and, 232, 234–36, 238, 239
prices, 226
prison(s), 55, 62, 67, 68, 121
women in, 67–68
progress, 279–80
Proposition 8, 110–17
Proposition 22, 111
Proposition 187, 144
prosecutors, district attorneys, 24–25, 28, 34, 36–37, 47–50, 56, 62, 72, 138
psychiatrists, 192
Puerto Rico, 247
Purdue Pharma, 204
Putin, Vladimir, 234
quantum computing, 242
racial biases and disparities, 120
in criminal justice system, 62, 65, 66, 68–70
Great Recession and, 107
in health care system, 194–98, 200
Russian exploitation of, 235
segregation, 2, 11, 21, 40–41, 115, 116
toxic stress and, 196
rape kits, 137
Rapid DNA Service, 137
reading proficiency, 122
recession, see Great Recession
Redfin, 220
Renne, Louise, 34–35
Republican Party, 143, 146, 158, 164, 276
Affordable Care Act and, 186, 187, 206, 217, 225–26
economy and, 222
organized labor and, 229
revenge porn, 264–65
Roberts, John, 110
Rodriguez, Juan, 143
Role Models Club, 279
Ross, Robert K., 121
Ross County, 202–3
Rothschild, Matthew, 44
Russell, Timothy, 71
and hacking of organizations and government entities, 239–40
and presidential election of 2016, 232, 234–36, 238, 239
Rustin, Bayard, 121
St. Louis, 146
Salas, Angelica, 144
Sanchez, Loretta, 142–43
S&P 500, 225
Bayview–Hunters Point, 39–40, 196
San Francisco Bay Area, 17–18
San Francisco Chronicle, 84
San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, 34–36, 54–55
San Francisco City Hall, 111, 119
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office:
Harris as district attorney at, 45–64, 81, 83, 121, 138
Harris as head of career criminal unit at, 33–34
Harris’s campaign for district attorney, 37, 39–45, 50
Harris’s inauguration as district attorney, 45–46
professionalism at, 61–62
San Francisco State University (SFSU), 9
sanitation workers, 214–16
Santillan, Karina and Juan, 78–79
Scalia, Antonin, 158
school truancy, 121–25, 138, 263
scientific method, 254–55
SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility), 233
Scott, Walter, 70
Secure Elections Act, 238–39
security, see national security
segregation, 2, 11, 21, 40–41, 115, 116
Senate, U.S., 159
Harris elected to, xiii–xiv, 24, 143–44, 148–50
Harris on committees in, 150, 157, 231–33, 235, 236, 238
Harris’s campaign for, xi, xiii, xiv, 141–43
Harris’s first speech to, 159–61
Homeland Security Committee, 150, 157, 170–72, 233, 238
Intelligence Committee, 149, 231–33, 235, 236, 238, 243
Judiciary Committee, 268–70
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 155, 220
Sessions, Jeff, 162, 163, 171, 174
sexual exploitation, assault, and violence, 30–33, 35–36, 53, 169, 264, 275–76, 278
Kavanaugh and, 268–74
#MeToo movement and, 267
in prisons, 68
Shelton, Arthur, 11–13, 97, 219–20
Shelton, Regina, 11–13, 16, 20, 88, 219–20
“show the math” approach, 265–66
Silbert, Mimi, 82
Silicon Valley, 147
Social Science Research Council, 107
Social Security, 159
Sony, 241
Sotomayor, Sonia, 115
Statue of Liberty, 165
Stearns, Jim, 44
Steele, Andrea Dew, 42
Steinberg, Darrell, 106
Stier, Sandy, 112–13, 117–19, 121
stocks, 225
Stockton, CA, 256
Strauss, Levi, 146
stress, 196
Studio Museum in Harlem, 75
SunTrust Mortgage, 106
Supreme Court, U.S., 2, 110, 116, 158, 164, 229
Kavanaugh’s nomination to, 268–74
same-sex marriage and, 110–16, 120
Supreme Court Building, 24, 109–10
Syrian refugees, 260–61
LIFT the Middle Class Tax Act, 219
Teach for America, 201
telomeres, 196
Texas Tribune, 175
Thomas, Clarence, 276
Thousand Oaks Elementary School, 2, 11
torture, 248–50
Treasury Department, U.S., 92
Troncoso, Michael, 89, 95, 100
Trump, Donald, xiv–xv, 68, 271
elected president, xii–xiv, 143
inauguration of, 154–55
Muslim travel ban of, 156–58, 160
Tsai, Jeff, 59
Tubbs, Michael, 256
Twain, Mark, 188
UGotPosted.com, 264
United Farm Workers, 266
United Nations, 46
Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, 167
United Way, 225
University of Alabama, 118
University of California:
DACA and, 163–64
Hastings College of the Law, 11, 24, 26
San Francisco, 198
University of Michigan, 196
University of Southern California, 258
Vogue, 197
Vox, 191
Walker, Alice, 18
Walker, Vaughn, 113
Wallace, Larry, 69
Wall Street Journal, 108
Warren, Elizabeth, 92–93
Washington, George, 12
Washington Post, 172–73, 202–3, 206
Weinstein, Harvey, 275
Whitehouse, Sheldon, 271
Widener, Warren, 18
Williams, Malissa, 71
Williams, Serena, 197
Wilson, Woodrow, 146
Wire, The, 195
cost of living and, 221
Democratic, 276
domestic violence victims seeking asylum, 174, 176–77
health care and, 185, 187–88, 195
#MeToo movement and, 267
in Northern Triangle, 167
in prison, 67–68
Women’s March, 155–56
words, importance of, 263–65
automation and, 226–27
jobs guarantee program, 256–57
organized labor and, 104–5, 222, 226, 229, 266
sanitation workers, 214–16
wages and salaries in, 216–22, 226
Worldwide Threat Assessment, 240
Yahoo!, 146
Yang, Jerry, 146
Year of the Woman, 141
Young, Shelley, 23
Zarrillo, Jeff, 112–13