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 The Los Angeles Times, citing an anonymous Harris adviser,
reported on its website on Monday that she would announce her
campaign to run for Democrat Boxer's seat on Tuesday.
Requests for comment to Harris and her representatives were not
immediately returned.
Boxer's departure, announced last week, is the first of three
anticipated retirements among California's top leaders that should
pave the way for a younger generation of politicians who have been
waiting in the wings.
Governor Jerry Brown, 76, will have to leave office when his fourth
term ends in 2018 because of term limits. U.S. Senator Dianne
Feinstein, 81, will be 85 when her term ends.
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, whose support for
same-sex marriage while mayor of San Francisco kicked off a wave of
social and political change, on Monday said he would not run.
His announcement leaves the field open to a host of potential
candidates, including Harris, 50, and former Los Angeles Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa, both Democrats.
Harris, who, like Newsom, hails from the San Francisco political
scene, is a former district attorney who has used her position to
develop policy ideas as well as handle prosecutions.
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Of African-American and South Asian descent, she is the daughter of
two college professors and grew up during the civil rights turmoil
of the 1960s in the Bay Area.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacremento; Additional reporting
by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles and Curtis Skinner in San
Francisco; Editing by Alison Williams)
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