She made history again when she was elected Attorney General of California in 2010.

Harris was sworn in in 2011 and served as California’s top prosecutor for six years.

CBS reported that as attorney general, she passed a landmark mortgage relief package for homeowners affected by poor foreclosure practices. She also worked on criminal justice reform, including requiring California police officers to wear body cameras, and supported several climate action efforts.

However, some of her decisions during her work as a prosecutor have drawn criticism from progressives.

Before 2018, she opposed the legalization of recreational marijuana, and convictions for drug sellers rose from 56% in 2003 to 74% in 2008 in her district, Harris wrote in her 2009 book “Smart on Crime,” NBC News reported.

She has also been criticized for upholding the death penalty and objecting to the release of lower-level offenders.

“I’ve been consistent throughout my career,” Harris said when asked at a January 2019 meeting about her “tough on crime mentality” while working as a prosecutor.

“My career has been built on the understanding that it was my duty as a prosecutor to ensure that the most vulnerable and voiceless among us are protected, and that is why I have personally prosecuted violent crimes, including rape. child abuse and murder,” she said. “And I have also spent my career working on reforming the criminal justice system, which to your point I understand is deeply flawed,” she continued.

As district attorney in San Francisco, she supported a city policy that turned young immigrants over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they were arrested or charged with a crime.

In a statement to CNN, a Harris campaign spokesperson said the policy “could have been applied more fairly.”

Harris left the post in 2017 after being elected to the Senate.