Vice President Kamala Harris, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, visits the Upper San Leandro Water Treatment Plant in Oakland, Calif., Monday, April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Kamala Harris visits her hometown of Oakland for the first time since becoming the nation’s first female vice president.
Oakland native Harris and Governor Newsom toured the Upper San Leandro Water Treatment Plant in Oakland to highlight the benefits of the American Jobs Plan, which suggests investing $111 billion in the nation’s water infrastructure. Vice President Harris said the plan would help provide access to clean drinking water and create jobs.
916,000 jobs were added in March. Women accounted for an overwhelming majority of newly employed workers. @POTUS and I called the mass exodus of women from the workforce a national emergency that demands a national solution. With these numbers, we know our response is working.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) April 5, 2021
“The American Jobs Plan, a plan that says care infrastructure for our kids and parents is critical infrastructure, will help bring millions of women back into the workforce.” Tweeted Harris.
We can’t stop until every woman who wants a job has a good job. Because when we lift up women, we lift up our families, our communities, and our entire country is better off.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) April 5, 2021
Monday afternoon, KRON4 reports “The vice president will hold a listening session with California leaders and a small business owner in Oakland who received financial and technical assistance.”
Vice President Harris will head back to Los Angeles Monday afternoon before flying to Chicago on Tuesday for an event on vaccine equity.