Harris and Emhoff headed back to California after inauguration; source says they’re looking at NYC apartments

Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff are heading again to California after the inauguration, a senior administration official confirmed Sunday. 

Harris, the official mentioned, will take time to determine her subsequent transfer. She is anticipated to put in writing books about her time in politics and her curiosity in meals and cooking, based on a number of sources. 

There have been discussions amongst her allies a couple of attainable run for California’s open gubernatorial seat in 2026. Harris has but to say whether or not she’ll run. 

Emhoff, the primary man to function second gentleman, will depart Washington and return to his authorized profession, sources informed CBS News Sunday.

Doug Emhoff had been a litigator and leisure specialist within the agency DLA Piper’s Los Angeles workplace, however he severed ties with the agency when his spouse was inaugurated 4 years in the past. Now, sources inform CBS News, Emhoff will make a return to authorized work, although with a unique agency. The sources declined to establish the agency however mentioned Emhoff is anticipated to divide time between the agency’s places of work in New York and Los Angeles. 

A supply with data of Harris and Emhoff’s plans mentioned they’ve been house looking in Manhattan. The couple has a house within the Brentwood part of Los Angeles that can function their major residence. The neighborhood isn’t removed from the latest wildfires that devastated elements of L.A.  

Emhoff has stored a low profile since Harris misplaced her bid for the presidency in November. Final week, he posted on social media an expression of gratitude for his time at Harris’s aspect in Washington: “By no means did I think about that this child who grew up in New Jersey would in the future be on the White Home. It has been an unimaginable honor to function our nation’s first Second Gentleman,” he wrote.

Throughout his time in Washington, Emhoff held on to ties to his authorized profession, serving as a “Distinguished Customer from Apply” at Georgetown Legislation College. The varsity mentioned his instruction would draw on his “deep experience in media and leisure issues to show associated coursework.” That included instructing a category on “Leisure Legislation Disputes” and serving to with an leisure and media regulation initiative.

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Fin Gómez

Fin Gómez is the political director for CBS News. Fin oversees the day-to-day political protection for CBS News. He has lined 5 presidential political cycles and a number of presidential campaigns. He was previously a member of the CBS White Home unit.