Some people have called Kamala Harris the "female Barack Obama." Now the San Francisco District Attorney and candidate for CA State Attorney General will have another chance to meet her male counterpart today. Kamala has been invited to the White House to discuss the success of her youth and gang violence prevention programs.

Democrat Harris, a longtime friend of President Obama and a very early supporter of his presidential campaign, was picked for a star role at today's National Conference on Gang Violence Prevention and Crime Control, where she'll be discussing her "Back on Track" re-entry initiative and anti-truancy work.

The SF DA is part of a group of 90 invitees who include law enforcement professionals, local government officials, academics, criminal justice experts and violence prevention experts -- including Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama Administration drug czar Gil Kerlikowske. We hear that the only other invited biggies from California are San Bernardino mayor Pat Morris and Fresno Sheriff Margaret Mims.

The White House says the conference will "showcase promising community-driven anti-crime initiatives from across the country,'' and "serve as a forum for communities to share best practices with one another'' as well as to communicate lessons learned about the best ways to "disrupt gang violence and criminal activity.''

Another goal: to explore the role of the federal government in gang violence prevention and crime control partnerships.

We heard from Harris last night as she prepared for her gig today -- and she said she's excited about helping shine a light on a problem that affects urban communities across California and the nation.

"Many cities in California are facing vicious and growing gang activity, and across the nation communities are held hostage by gang-related violence,'' she told us via e-mail. "I'm honored to be working with the White House and with leaders from all over the country to take on this serious issue of combating gangs and the violence and chaos they create."

That's a nice little feather in her cap as she tries to become the top law enforcement official in the state. Again, her main competitors are Assemblymembers Ted Lieu and Alberto Torrico and Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo.