Take a look at Kamala Harris' homes over the years, from an LA house worth millions to a DC condo with a rooftop pool

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A composite image of Kamala Harris at a microphone and Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood seen from above on a cloudy day.
Kamala Harris has lived in Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood.Montinique Monroe/Getty Images; Adam Mustafa/Getty Images

  • The Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has split time between the East and West coasts.

  • The vice president has lived and owned property in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC.

  • See a few of the places she's called home, including her current residence: the VP's mansion.

The Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is already familiar with Washington, DC.

After all, she's had a base there since becoming a senator.

In 2017, three years before Harris became Joe Biden's vice-presidential running mate, she took office as a senator representing her home state of California.

Her journey into politics began when she was elected San Francisco's 27th district attorney, a position she held from 2004 to 2011. After serving as California's attorney general, she ran for Senate and traded coasts.

Harris, now 59, was born in Oakland, in the Bay Area, and worked as a lawyer in Alameda County. In 2014, she married Doug Emhoff, who is also a lawyer and has two kids from a previous marriage.

Harris and Emhoff still own property in an upscale neighborhood in Los Angeles.

While the sitting vice president no longer owns any properties in the nation's capital, she does spend most of her time there. Representatives for Harris did not reply to a request for comment for this story.

Take a look at where Harris has lived over the years.

When Harris was the San Francisco district attorney, she lived in the city's South of Market neighborhood.

An aerial view of tall buildings in San Francisco.
An aerial view of San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.Michael Lee/Getty Images

In 2004, when Harris became San Francisco's district attorney, she bought a condo in the South of Market, or SoMa, neighborhood.

Near the San Francisco Bay, South of Market is also close to Oracle Park, where the San Francisco Giants play, and the Chase Center, where the Golden State Warriors play. (Harris is a big fan of the Warriors.)

Harris purchased a one-bedroom apartment in a condo building for $489,000, according to the listing, and sold it in 2021 for $860,000.

According to Redfin, the current median sales price for SoMa is $877,500.

The loft-style apartment has a bedroom on the upper floor and includes a patio and a fireplace.

Today, the apartment is an Airbnb that its host bills as "Vice President Kamala Harris's Old Home." A 30-day minimum stay costs about $5,000, depending on the month.

Harris and Emhoff still own a house in Los Angeles' swanky Brentwood neighborhood.

An aerial view of mansions on a hill in Los Angeles.
Homes in Brentwood, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Los Angeles.Adam Mustafa/Getty Images

In 2012, Emhoff bought a four-bedroom, five-bathroom home in LA's Brentwood neighborhood for $2.7 million, according to property records for Los Angeles County.

The house, which is about 3,500 square feet, has since been transferred to a trust with ownership by both Harris and Emhoff, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Zillow estimates that the Los Angeles property, built in the 1940s, is now worth more than $5 million.

A Google Maps satellite image shows the home has a pool.

Harris owned a condo in Washington, DC, during her time as a US senator.

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The Washington condo building where Harris lived during her time as a senator.Benjamin C. Tankersley/For The Washington Post/Getty Images

In 2017, her first year as a senator, Harris bought a two-bedroom condo in downtown Washington for $1.7 million.

The condo building is within walking distance of Dupont Circle, a residential neighborhood near many embassy buildings.

Building amenities include a heated rooftop pool, a business center, and a fitness center with Peloton bikes, according to its website.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Harris sold the condo for $1.85 million in 2021, the year she became vice president.

Harris now lives in the vice president's residence in Washington, DC, called the Naval Observatory.

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The Naval Observatory in Washington is the official residence of the US vice president.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Harris started her tenure as vice president with a two-month stint at Blair House, just off the White House grounds, while the vice president's mansion was being renovated.

She then moved into the vice president's residence on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory.

It's been occupied by the sitting vice president since Walter Mondale lived there in 1977.

The mansion, which has 14 bedrooms, is in Northwest Washington.

The 9,000-square-foot home was originally built in 1893, but Harris made the most recent renovations in 2021.

Harris' next home could be the White House.

The White House exterior
The White House.Shutterstock

If Harris is elected as the next president, she would move about 3 miles across town into the White House.

Built in 1792, the White House has 132 rooms, including 16 guest rooms, 35 bathrooms, and three kitchens.

Correction: August 16, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misstated Joe Biden's title. He was a presidential candidate in 2020, not a former president. The story and an earlier version of this correction note also misstated the number of years between Kamala Harris' election to the Senate and being named Biden's running mate. It was four years, not 10; she took office as a senator in 2017, three years before joining Biden's campaign.

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