Career
He took office as councilperson on 1 July 2015. District 8 includes the Baldwin Hills, West Adams, and Crenshaw communities, and other neighborhoods in western South Los Los Angeles Harris-Dawson was born and raised in South Los Los Angeles
He attended Morehouse College.
He was the coordinator for the 1999 re-election campaign of Mark Ridley-Thomas in District 2 of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He holds a certificate in non-profit management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and is an Aspen Institute Pahara Fellow.
In the primary election for District 8 in 2015, Harris-Dawson received over 50% of the vote for the vacant seat. Term limits forced Bernard C. Parks, Harris-Dawson"s predecessor since 2004, out of office.
