Legal Insurrection by Ben Smith Sunday, September 7, 2025
“Mayor Karen Bass should tell Governor Newsom that if he wants to curry favor with Ms. Harris and her donor base, then he should open up his own wallet because LA taxpayers should not be footing the bill for this ridiculousness.”The Los Angeles Police Department has discontinued its temporary security detail for former Vice President Kamala Harris, ending days of controversy over pulling officers from crime suppression duties to guard her Brentwood home.
The arrangement began last week after President Trump revoked Harris’s Secret Service protection, which Joe Biden had quietly extended until 2026 in one of his final acts in office. By law, former vice presidents receive just six months of protection, a period that expired in July. Trump canceled Biden’s carve-out, forcing California agencies to scramble.
LAPD Metropolitan Division officers were assigned to assist the California Highway Patrol in providing security for Harris. A Fox 11 helicopter even captured uniformed LAPD officers stationed outside her Los Angeles residence earlier this week. But by Saturday morning, that coverage was pulled back.
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