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The Recorder
February 24, 2004, Tuesday
SECTION: NEWS; Vol. 128; No. 36; Pg. 4
LENGTH: 833 words
HEADLINE: Rock star helps DA Harris balance books
BYLINE: Recorder Staff
BODY:
District Attorney Kamala Harris is throwing a rock concert.
A far cry from the San Francisco prosecutor's daytime duties, the acoustic performance she's hosting - featuring Third Eye Blind singer Stephan Jenkins and singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton - is meant to help Harris retire her campaign debt.
And it's not the first time Harris has brought in well-known entertainers to help her raise some cash. In November, one of her campaign's fund raisers featured playwright Eve Ensler, who wrote "The Vagina Monologues."
Though there was no official word Monday on how Jenkins and Carlton got involved in raising dimes for Harris, DA spokeswoman Debbie Mesloh said the district attorney met Ensler about two years ago when the playwright came to San Francisco for work related to V-Day, a nonprofit organization that aims to stop violence against women. Harris preached during her campaign that the city needed to do a better job prosecuting domestic batterers and pimps, among other criminals.
By the end of last year, Harris' 2003 campaign still needed to raise at least $63,000 to break even, according to recent campaign finance statements. The event will be Thursday at Sno-Drift in San Francisco. Tickets cost from $50 to $750.
- Pam Smith
