Los Angeles police were called to Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff’s reported $8 million Malibu, California, residence after a woman was accused of trying to gain access to the couple’s secluded property.
The Los Angeles Police Department arrived at the former vice president’s upscale Malibu home at about 10.30pm on Friday following a report of an unidentified woman outside the residence, TMZ first reported.
Harris does not currently have Secret Service protection. Her security detail was revoked by Trump in August 2025, several months before it was otherwise expected to expire.
‘Last night, security personnel stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff’s property before the individual reached the home,’ Eduardo Negrón, a spokesperson for Harris, told the outlet.
‘Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff were not present,’ he added. ‘They are grateful to the security and law enforcement personnel who responded swiftly.’
According to The Los Angeles Times, Harris’ on-site security staff alerted the LAPD after reporting that the woman had reached the front door of the Malibu property.
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s department told The New York Post that the woman was dropped off by an Uber before she approached security at the home shared by Harris and Emhoff.
She initially agreed to leave after talking with security, according to reports, but allegedly returned a short time later. Security then contacted the LAPD, which handles policing in Malibu.
Police responded at Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff’s reported $8 million California residence after a woman allegedly tried to enter the property.
LAPD officers were dispatched to the former vice president’s upscale Malibu home at about 10.30pm Friday.
Harris no longer has Secret Service protection after Trump revoked her security detail in August 2025, months earlier than the protection would otherwise have ended
When deputies arrived, the woman once again complied with their request to leave the property.
Investigators have not revealed the woman’s identity or why she allegedly attempted to breach the property. No arrests or citations were made.
‘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 to guard Harris or whether the security personnel who contacted the Sheriff’s Department were private guards.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff purchased the Malibu home in January for a hefty $8.15 million.
But this was not the first security scare for the couple. In January last year, two people were arrested shortly after 4.30am, during wildfire curfew hours, after deputies received reports of a potential burglary.
At the time, Harris and Emhoff were living in Malibu’s exclusive Point Dume area as the Palisades and Eaton fires tore through Los Angeles.
The Brentwood home, which the couple still owns, was purchased by Emhoff for $2.7 million in 2012, before he and Harris met.
The call came after Harris’ on-site security detail contacted the LAPD to report that a woman had made it all the way to the couple’s front door, according to the LA Times
Two men dressed head to toe in black were found on the couple’s property, but authorities later found no evidence they were committing a crime, according to KTLA 5 News.
Harris’ level of security has previously come under scrutiny, as former vice presidents typically receive six months of Secret Service protection after leaving the White House.
Former President Joe Biden, however, extended her protection for another year.
After defeating Harris in the 2024 presidential election, Trump revoked the extension, a move Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called an ‘act of revenge.’
‘This is another act of revenge following a long list of political retaliation in the form of firings, the revoking of security clearances, and more,’ Bass said in a statement, 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 added.
Since returning to the White House, Trump has repeatedly withdrawn security protection from political adversaries and 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 period, as Trump did for members of his own family after leaving office in 2021.
Harris’ level of security has previously come under scrutiny, as former vice presidents typically receive six months of Secret Service protection after leaving the White House
His decision, however, forced Los Angeles and California law enforcement agencies to step in and fill Harris’ security gap.
The LAPD said they were ‘assisting the California Highway Patrol in providing protective services for former Vice President Kamala Harris until an alternate plan is established,’ Jennifer Forkish, police communications director, said at the time.
‘This temporary coordinated effort is in place to ensure that there is no lapse in security,’ she added.
More than a dozen officers were pulled into a special detail to protect Harris after Trump revoked her Secret Service protection, 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, was among those who blasted the move, according to 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,’ its board of directors said.
‘Mayor Karen 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,’ they added.
Many LA residents, including reality star Spencer Pratt, also took to social media to slam the city’s Democratic government for using resources to protect Harris.
Just a week later, the LAPD ended its round-the-clock protection of Harris amid the backlash. She had reportedly been under 24/7 protection from the Secret Service and LAPD, with officers stationed outside her Brentwood home.
Those officers were drawn from elite LAPD units typically 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 her, according to a White House official.
As a result, the administration determined there was no reason for her protection to continue beyond the standard six month period for former vice presidents, the official added.
The couple’s current Malibu home sits on three-quarters of an acre and boasts four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a heated pool, in-ground spa, fire pit, gated entry and sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean.
The exclusive enclave has attracted a star-studded list of residents over the years, including Bob Dylan, Sean Penn, Gerard Butler, Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts.