 and willie ron came out with an op-ed and he said you know i've been peppered with calls to the national media about my quote-unquote relationship with kamala harris most of them i have not returned yes we dated it was more than 20 years ago yes i may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when i was assembly speaker and then he follows it by saying i certainly helped her with her first race for district attorney in san francisco