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Berkeley was not segregated but there were different racial proportions in different neighborhoods. Currently there are supposed to be only 10% or so African Americans in the population (could be a bit more with people who claim two or more racial groups). It may have been somewhat higher when Kamala was a child.

There are a lot of expensive houses up in the Berkeley hills--a lot of them owned by UC professors, I think, and a lot of ordinary houses down in the flatlands near Oakland or towards the bay. Near the university there are a lot of students and young non-students. I don't know if there were any neighborhoods ca. 1970 which would have mostly black. There may have been areas which seemed mostly black because if you drove around the black residents would be more likely to be outdoors.

I was a student there in the 1970s but spent most of my time near the university and didn't have much occasion to go into the other areas.

Anyway I don't know where Kamala lived. Her comments at the debate did not really make much sense other than to score points against Biden--was she saying she benefited by being bused? That all black kids got better educations if they were bused? I don't anyone who has studied the question objectively thinks that racial busing helped anyone.