Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris for VP

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Willie Brown, the former mayor of San Francisco, spoke about their relationship. saying he boosted the presidential hopeful's career.

“Yes, I have influenced her career by appointing Kamala to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker. My relationship with Harris overlapped with my speakership in the mid-1990s."

Brown "appointed" Harris twice to two well-paid state commission assignments while they were dating. One position was on the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the other was on the Medical Assistance Commission. Harris held both jobs in 1994.

At the time this happened, Willie Brown as Speaker of the Assembly was arguably the most powerful person in California politics, including Senators and the Governor.

Kamala beds one of the most powerful dems in the state ... then rises to be SF DA, CA AG, CA US Senator