NOW READY TO LEAD THE NATION. THE DEMOCRATS ARE SETTING THE STAGE IN CHICAGO FOR THEIR TURN IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. THE OPPORTUNITY TO. NOMINATE ONE OF OUR OWN, A DAUGHTER OF CALIFORNIA, AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS ARE EXCITED ABOUT, CHAIRMAN OF THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, RUSTY HICKS, SAYS THE GOLDEN STATE IS BRINGING THE LARGEST AT 500 AND MOST DIVERSE DELEGATION TO CHICAGO, ALL READY TO SHARE THEIR STORIES OF KAMALA HARRIS, FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SENATOR. THE CONVENTION IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHOWCASE, TO TELL HER STORY, TO TELL HER VISION AND THE DEMOCRATIC VISION FOR MOVING OUR NATION, MOVING OUR NATION FORWARD. SHE’S READY TO LEAD. DAY ONE. AND I THINK SHE’S, UH, REALLY REPRESENTS THE BEST OF THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS FORMER SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE COHEN’S FIRST TIME AS A DELEGATE. SHE’S SOMEBODY THAT REALLY REPRESENTS THE BEST OF AMERICA. SHE’S GROUNDED, HAVING GROWN UP IN VERY MIDDLE CLASS BACKGROUND. SHE BEING A DA, SHE’S WELL AWARE OF CRIME AND SAFETY ISSUES. ALTERNATE DELEGATE STEVE MAVIGLIO SAYS THE DEMOCRATS MAKE HISTORY BY GETTING BEHIND WOMEN CANDIDATES. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS PUT WOMEN FIRST, AND NOW THIS IS HISTORIC. ONCE AGAIN, A BLACK WOMAN, SOMEBODY WHO HAS ENERGIZED THE PARTY. EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE CAUGHT UP WITH SENATOR LAPHONZA BUTLER, APPOINTED TO LATE DIANNE FEINSTEIN SEAT. SHE’S KNOWN HARRIS FOR 15 YEARS AND SERVED AS A SENIOR ADVISER ON HER 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS TO COME TOGETHER TO PUT FORWARD A CHOICE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THIS NOVEMBER. BUTLER SAYS SHE’S EXCITED TO MEET HARRIS’S RUNNING MATE, MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. I KNOW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PEGGY FLANAGAN, WHO IS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER IN MINNESOTA AND AND IF SHE’S EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH THEM, MY COLLEAGUE, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR AND SENATOR TINA SMITH ARE ALSO SPEAK VERY, VERY HIGHLY OF OF GOVERNOR WALZ. BUT I’M EXCITED TO TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM NEXT WEEK IN CHICAGO. WELL, AND THE DELEGATES SAY THE AGENDA INCLUDES TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES OF THE ECONOMY, CLIMATE, ABORTION AND IMMIGRATION. NOW, THEY ALSO POINTED OUT EARLY VOTING IN CALIFORNIA STARTS IN EARLY OCTOBER, WITH BALLOTS FIRST BEING MAILED ON OCTOBER SEVENTH. SO THEY SAY THEY’LL HAVE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WHEN THEY RETURN TO CALIFORNIA AFTER THE CONVENTION TO KEEP THAT DEMOCRATIC MOMENTUM GOING. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM MICHELLE BANDUR KCRA THREE NEWS. IT WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. MICHELLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND KCRA 3’S GULSTAN DART IS IN CHICAGO TO COVER THE DNC. HE’LL TALK TO CALIFORNIA DELEGATES MAKING THE TRIP OUT THERE. MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN FOR HIS LIVE REPORT STARTING TOMORRO