Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s new $8 million Malibu mansion sits in a census tract that is 94% White and 0.2% Black
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Harris—who is half black and has spent her career fighting racial segregation and discrimination in housing—plonked down $8.15 million on a four-bedroom, six-bathroom, 4,000-square-foot Malibu estate in a sale that closed in December 2025
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Harris’s new property, which is located in the exclusive seaside community of Point Dume and includes ocean views, multiple wine fridges, private golf greens and enough parking to accommodate five vehicles
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She bought the house with her husband, corporate lawyer Doug Emhoff, who has adult children from a previous marriage
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Point Dume is situated entirely within Census tract 8004.08, which the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey estimated was just 0.2% Black and roughly 94% White as of 2019
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Four out of five Point Dume residents are white, with black Dumers making up just 2.2 percent of the population, per census records, far below their 14 percent of the national population
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Harris’s choice of neighborhood may surprise longtime observers given past comments she has made about the importance of living among other Black Americans
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“When you’re at (a historically black college or university), and especially one with the size and with the history of Howard University — and also in the context of also being in D.C., which was known forever as being ‘Chocolate City’ — it just becomes about you understanding that there is a whole world of people who are like you,” Harris told a Washington Post reporter in 2019
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as a high-profile homeowner, she’s believed to have coveted access to a beach that’s supposed to be public, but whose overwhelmingly white gatekeepers controversially block access to the rest of the community
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While all California beaches are legally public below the high-tide line, it is almost impossible to reach Little Dume without the means—either with a key or with the consent of a homeowner with a key—to pass through one of three private gates, two of which reportedly use facial recognition technology to keep out the riffraff
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Across the board, the larger Point Dume Beach area has a reputation for excluding minorities. Minority surfers have reported feeling unwelcome when venturing too close to the elite enclave
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“At almost every site visit, Color the Water surfers were the only BIPOC surfers in the water. Several times, CTW surfers were approached and asked if they were local or from the area—this is often an antagonistic way to assert superiority of those that live nearby,” wrote David Malana and Theresa Hyuna Hwang in their 2025 review of Point Dume, The Anti-Racist Surfer’s Guide to Point Dume
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Meanwhile,
“Despite the veneer of a laid back community of surfers who are one with nature, there are barriers to access that keep most BIPOC people away,” a pair of non-White surfers wrote in a 2025 review of Harris’s new neighborhood
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Harris spent a sizable portion of her career working to tear down similar barriers
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The community now includes tech and entertainment figures.
Residents now include Google co-founder Sergey Brin, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and Emerson Collective President Laureen Powell Jobs
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Point Dume is a gorgeous neighborhood known for its cliffs, beaches and celebrity residents, including Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jeff Bezos, Bob Dylan and Sean Penn
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Political consultants, real estate experts and Harris’s new neighbors had mixed opinions on what the new home might mean for her political future, according to a report from Politico. “People usually come to Point Dume to try and downshift,” said Or Brodsky, the listing agent on a nearby luxury rental home. “I think she’s planning to have more days with her feet in the sand.”
The former VP has recently said she is “thinking about” running in 2028
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Harris left Washington in January 2025 after losing the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump, marking the end of her vice presidency that began in 2021.
The Kamala Harris House at 7111 Grasswood Avenue closed for $8.15 million on December 2
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