A crowd of about 40 young activists protested near Vice President Kamala Harris's home on Sunday, vowing to stay all night if she did not meet their demands on climate change and Israel.
Activists from the Sunrise Movement, which has organized climate protests across the country, said they arrived in Harris' quiet Brentwood neighborhood with two demands for the vice president: convince President Biden to declare a climate emergency and end U.S. military aid. to Israel.
In case everything didn't go well on Sunday afternoon, the group arrived prepared with tents and sleeping bags.
“We're three houses away from their house and we're not leaving,” said Adah Crandall, an 18-year-old organizer.
In February, 21 climate change protesters were arrested outside Biden's campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware. Crandall called Sunday's protest “a continuation of that campaign.”
As of Sunday afternoon, organizers had not seen Harris, they said, although they believed he was in Los Angeles.
Harris was expected to fly to Las Vegas on Monday morning to attend two events. Secret Service agents will seek to clear the road.
Activists said they felt Harris was a climate champion before entering the White House, championing the Green New Deal when she was running for president and pushing climate resolutions as a senator.
Wei Zhou, 17, wants Harris to pressure the president to declare a climate emergency, allowing the government to move with quick action.
“We've seen her get ahead of Biden on certain things,” Zhou said. “We're asking him to be the kind of leader he was now in 2019.”
