Kamala Harris’s homes over the years have included numerous California pads, a Washington, DC, condo, and the official residence of the vice president. Of course, the California native now has her eye on a new pad: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Earlier this month, President Biden suspended his run for a second term and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the position. If the 49th veep ascends to the presidency, she’ll be shuttling her belongings from Number One Observatory Circle, the official vice presidential abode, straight to the White House.
A California native, Harris spent most of her early years in Berkeley but moved to Canada when she was a young teen. After graduating from Howard University in Washington, DC, Harris returned to California to attend law school and began her career there. She entered her term as vice president owning three properties, but quickly sold two of them once she was sworn in. She and her husband still own a mansion out in California. Below, we take a look at some of the places the presidential hopeful has called home.
Berkeley home
Although she was born in Oakland, California, most of Harris’s early childhood was spent in a nondescript duplex apartment located above a day care facility in an area of West Berkeley known as the flatlands (her parents met as graduate students at UC Berkeley). Reports state that efforts to landmark the duplex fell through because neighbors believed the attention and traffic coming into the area would disturb their way of life. During her early teen years, Harris relocated to Montreal when her mother accepted a research and teaching position. Harris lived there until she moved to Washington, DC, to attend Howard University.
Oakland apartment
It was back to her place of birth once Harris began her law career working as a prosecutor in Alameda County. Her Oakland apartment was a one-bedroom condo with floor-to-ceiling windows that provided views of Lake Merritt, a 155-acre lake in the center of Oakland. Harris reportedly paid $116,000 for the 1,125-square-foot aerie and sold it in 1998 once she began working at the district attorney’s office in San Francisco.
San Francisco apartment
Located in San Fran’s trendy SoMa neighborhood, Harris’s approximately 1,000-square-foot penthouse occupied two floors—with the bedroom, full bath, and walk-through closet located in the loft area and a double-height living space that included living, dining, and kitchen areas, plus a half bathroom and an alcove. In 2021, assured that she’d be spending most of her time in Washington, DC—at least for the foreseeable future—Harris said goodbye to her San Francisco loft less than one month after being sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States and just one week after putting the home on the market. In San Francisco’s tight housing market, the sale of Harris’s $799,000 condo was never destined to drag on for months. Not only was the sale swift, but it was also profitable, as she reportedly only paid $489,000 for the place back in 2004, almost doubling her investment.
