Police were called to the Malibu, California home of former Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, late Friday after a woman allegedly tried to get onto the couple's $8 million property, TMZ first reported.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the home around 10:30 p.m. Friday after receiving a report of an unidentified woman lurking outside, according to TMZ. Harris and Emhoff were not present at the time.
Eduardo Negron, a spokesperson for Harris, told the outlet that "security personnel stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff's property before the individual reached the home." He added that the couple "were not present" and "are grateful to the security and law enforcement personnel who responded swiftly."
The Los Angeles Times reported that the woman actually made it all the way to the couple's front door before Harris' on-site security detail called the LAPD, which has jurisdiction over Malibu.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told the New York Post that the woman had been dropped off by an Uber before approaching security at the home. She reportedly agreed to leave voluntarily after speaking with security but returned a short time later, prompting the call to the LAPD.
No arrests made
When deputies arrived, the woman again complied with a request to leave, and no arrests or citations were made. Investigators have not released her identity or said why she allegedly tried to get onto the property.
"We are stepping up patrols of the property to be safe," Lt. Jason Duron, a watch commander at the Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff's station, said, according to the LA Times.
It remains unclear whether the California Highway Patrol is still helping guard Harris, or whether the security personnel who alerted the Sheriff's Department were private guards.
Harris and Emhoff bought the Malibu home in January for $8.15 million.
Previous security scare
Friday's incident was not the first security scare at a Harris-Emhoff property. In January last year, two people were arrested shortly after 4:30 a.m., during wildfire curfew hours, after deputies received reports of a possible burglary at another home the couple owns in Malibu's exclusive Point Dume area, as the Palisades and Eaton fires burned across Los Angeles.
Two men dressed head to toe in black were found on the property, but authorities later found no evidence a crime had been committed, KTLA 5 News reported. Emhoff bought that Brentwood home for $2.7 million in 2012, before he met Harris, and the couple still owns it.
Secret Service protection revoked
Harris has not had Secret Service protection since President Donald Trump revoked her detail in August 2025, months before it was due to end. Former vice presidents typically receive six months of Secret Service protection after leaving office, but then-President Joe Biden extended Harris' protection for an additional year.
After defeating Harris in the 2024 presidential election, Trump revoked that extension. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the move "another act of revenge following a long list of political retaliation in the form of firings, the revoking of security clearances, and more," according to the LA Times. "This puts the former Vice President in danger and I look forward to working with the governor to make sure Vice President Harris is safe in Los Angeles," she said.
Since returning to the White House, Trump has repeatedly withdrawn security protection from political adversaries and other figures who have fallen out of favor, including former national security adviser John Bolton and Biden's adult children. Outgoing presidents can extend protection beyond the standard eligibility window, as Trump did for members of his own family after leaving office in 2021.
LAPD steps in to fill the gap
Trump's decision forced Los Angeles and California law enforcement to step in to cover Harris' security. The LAPD said at the time it was "assisting the California Highway Patrol in providing protective services for former Vice President Kamala Harris until an alternate plan is established," according to police communications director Jennifer Forkish. "This temporary coordinated effort is in place to ensure that there is no lapse in security," she said.
More than a dozen officers were pulled into a special detail to protect Harris, sparking an uproar over police resources being diverted to guard the former vice president. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents rank-and-file LAPD officers, criticized the move, telling the LA Times: "Pulling police officers from protecting everyday Angelenos to protect a failed presidential candidate who also happens to be a multi-millionaire... and who can easily afford to pay for her own security, is nuts." The league's board added that Bass "should tell Governor Newsom that if he wants to curry favor with Ms Harris and her donor base, then he should open up his own wallet because LA taxpayers should not be footing the bill for this ridiculousness."
Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt was among the Los Angeles residents who criticized the city's Democratic government on social media over the use of resources to protect Harris.
A week after the special detail began, the LAPD ended its round-the-clock protection of Harris amid the backlash. She had reportedly been under 24-hour protection from the Secret Service and LAPD, with officers stationed outside her Brentwood home and drawn from elite units normally assigned to investigative and crime-suppression duties, Fox 11 News reported at the time.
A Secret Service threat assessment in 2025 found no red flags or credible evidence of a threat against Harris, a White House official said, adding that the administration determined there was no reason for her protection to continue beyond the standard six-month period given to former vice presidents.
Inside the Malibu property
The couple's current Malibu home sits on three-quarters of an acre and has four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a heated pool, an in-ground spa, a fire pit and a gated entry with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. The exclusive enclave has counted Bob Dylan, Sean Penn, Gerard Butler, Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts among its residents over the years.
