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On Tuesday, Berkeley councilmembers will consider a resolution that would move toward making a sun-washed yellow, two-story duplex on Bancroft Way a historic landmark; the house, in question, was where our current vice president grew up.
Updated on March 6, 2021 at 9:27 pm
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Berkeley city leaders will consider a resolution next week that would be a step toward making U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris childhood home a historic landmark.
Harris was born in Oakland and spent most of her childhood in Berkeley. She attended Berkeley s African American cultural center almost every week and she was part of the city s first voluntary school integration program. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. Her election as the first woman, African-American and South Asian American to be elected to the second highest position in the country are historic achievements that must be honored, said Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison.
Kamala Harris childhood home may become historic landmark
Keith Burbank, Bay City News Service
March 6, 2021
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Kamala Harris is sworn in as the 49th Vice President by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. A new resolution in Berkeley would designate her childhood home as a historic landmark.Saul Loeb/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
BERKELEY (BCN) Berkeley leaders will consider a resolution next week that would be a step toward making U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris childhood home a historic landmark.
Harris was born in Oakland and spent most of her childhood in Berkeley. She attended Berkeley s African American cultural center almost every week, and she was part of the city s first voluntary school integration program.