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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Kamala Harris Takes a Victory Lap

    California’s Attorney General-elect held her first victory appearance in Los Angeles today. The current District Attorney of San Francisco, Kamala Harris promises she’ll now serve the entire state.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    California’s Attorney General-elect held her first victory appearance in Los Angeles today. The current District Attorney of San Francisco, Kamala Harris promises she’ll now serve the entire state. She announced a transition team that includes former LAPD Chief Bill Bratton, former Secretaries of State Warren Christopher and George Schultz, and civil rights attorney Connie Rice. Among the issues she addressed was the recidivism rate in state prisons, the highest in the nation. Jim Newton is editor-at-large for the Los Angeles Times.

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    2. 13:30Kamala Harris Takes a Victory LapYou’re reading this
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      Warren Olney

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      Jim Newton

      professor of public policy and communications at UCLA, author of “Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening”

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    2 of 3
    California's Prisons and a New Attorney General
    1. 0:00Supreme Court Hears Prison Overcrowding Case
    2. 13:30Kamala Harris Takes a Victory LapYou’re reading this
    3. 25:46Washington Rumbles over Taxes and Unemployment Benefits
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