LOS ANGELES—Former Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will return to Los Angeles on Monday. They plan to help distribute food to wildfire victims after being criticized for their absence during the disaster.
Harris officially left the White House following her November defeat to President Donald Trump. She will now return to her $4.8 million Brentwood residence, located within the evacuation zone of the Palisades Fire, which has ravaged parts of the city since Jan. 7.
Her homecoming marks her first visit to California since the fires began. According to MSNBC, she is travelling aboard a C-33 aircraft piloted by an all-female U.S. Air Force crew—a first in American aviation history.
Harris faced backlash last week for delivering a confusing message while advising residents against prematurely returning to evacuated areas.
“It’s critically important that, to the extent you can find anything that gives you an ability to be patient in this extremely dangerous and unprecedented crisis, that you do,” she said.
While Harris plans to spend time in her home state, she has hinted at remaining politically active. In a recent statement, the former vice president declared that she would not “go quietly into the night.”
Rumours are swirling about Harris’s future, with reports suggesting she may consider a 2028 gubernatorial bid. Current California Governor Gavin Newsom is term-limited and widely believed to be contemplating a presidential run.
