SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California Sen. Kamala Harris held a rally in South Los Angeles Sunday in her race for the presidency.
Harris is hoping to stir up support in her home state as the presidential race heats up.
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Harris received an enthusiastic greeting during her first campaign event in LA since announcing her bid for the Democratic nomination.
The former California attorney general and Oakland native spoke to a crowd of several hundred at Los Angeles Southwest College, laying out a number of issues that she believes are important to voters,
including middle class tax relief, raising teacher pay and justice for all.
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"If what recently happened in our backyard in Poway did not make it clear, racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia -- these issues are real in our country," Harris said.
A heckler briefly interrupted Harris' remarks, but was quickly escorted from the auditorium.
Harris drew some of the loudest applause when she condemned the Alabama decision banning abortion.