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George Skelton: If Karen Bass succeeds as LA mayor, she could have a shot at making historic firsts as California governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has had 40 governors in its 172 years as a state. And not one has been a woman. Nor a Black person. Or a Los Angeles mayor.

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Bass wants to bring homeless people indoors. Can she secure enough beds?

LOS ANGELES — Seated on the hard sidewalk along Cahuenga Boulevard, Rue Ryan arranged a batch of red roses she had plucked from the trash into a memorial for her "street mom," Hyper, who died two years ago.

Los Angeles Times

Scandal-plagued LA City Council deeply unpopular; voters have faith in Bass, poll finds

LOS ANGELES — If the last week was any indication, Mayor Karen Bass starts her tenure with the wind at her back.

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The Los Angeles mayor says the city will move unhoused people indoors

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the city will start moving unhoused people to hotels and motels. Meanwhile, she signed an executive order to hasten the process of building affordable housing.

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LA taps hotel rooms as estimated 40,000 people live homeless

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told NBC's “Meet the Press” that her administration will start moving homeless people off streets and into motel rooms through a new program that launches Tuesday

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LA Mayor Bass’ program to move homeless people indoors to launch Tuesday

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will launch a city program to move people living in tents on city streets into hotel and motel rooms on Tuesday, she said Sunday during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet The Press.”

Los Angeles Times

LA Mayor Bass seeks to hasten construction of affordable housing

LOS ANGELES — Closing out her first workweek in office, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a sweeping directive Friday requiring city departments to rid their procedures of the bottlenecks that slow development of affordable housing and shelters.

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Racism scandal prompts another day of protests in LA council

The Los Angeles City Council was disrupted by another round of noisy protests after a councilman facing widespread calls to resign for his involvement in a racism scandal defiantly returned to the chamber

The Independent UK

LA Mayor Bass’ emergency homelessness declaration is approved during heated City Council meeting

LOS ANGELES — After several hours of turmoil, the Los Angeles City Council approved Mayor Karen Bass’ declaration of a homelessness emergency, allowing the new mayor’s first major policy proposal to move forward.

Los Angeles Times

Kevin de León returns to LA City Council, meeting is abruptly halted

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León showed up for Tuesday’s council meeting nearly two hours into the proceedings, prompting council President Paul Krekorian to immediately call a recess.

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Former LA Councilman Gil Cedillo suggests he's a victim of 'cancel culture'

LOS ANGELES — Just hours after his L.A. City Council term ended, Gil Cedillo released a three-page letter Monday titled "Why I Did Not Resign," in which he shares his thoughts about the racist conversation and leak scandal that tarred his final months in office.

Los Angeles Times

An emergency declaration gives LA Mayor Karen Bass new powers. How will she use them?

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass' first day in office didn't start at City Hall but down the street at the Emergency Operations Center where, flanked by elected officials, she declared the homeless crisis a state of emergency.

Los Angeles Times

LA’s first female mayor declares state of emergency over homelessness

Karen Bass says the declaration will ‘recognise the severity of our crisis’

The Independent UK

Karen Bass is sworn in as Los Angeles mayor as the city grapples with homelessness

Karen Bass previously represented Los Angeles as the District 37 U.S. House representative. She defeated opponent Rick Caruso in November to become the first woman mayor of the city.

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LA poet Amanda Gorman performs at Karen Bass’ inauguration

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles native Amanda Gorman performed an original poem at Mayor Karen Bass’ inauguration, echoing her January 2021 star-making turn as the youngest presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history.

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass sworn in as Los Angeles mayor, the first woman to hold the office

LOS ANGELES — After 241 years, the nation’s second-largest city has its first female mayor.

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Should LA's train and bus rides be free? Karen Bass may soon decide

LOS ANGELES — Should it be free to use the public rail and bus systems in Los Angeles County? That's a question incoming Mayor Karen Bass may soon have to answer.

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With rain expected Sunday, Karen Bass’ inauguration is moving to LA Live

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass’ plans to hold her public inauguration Sunday on the steps of City Hall have been scuttled by a rainy weather forecast.

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US vice-president Kamala Harris will swear in Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass

The ceremony will be a nod to the barriers broken by the two most powerful women in California politics and beyond

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass to be sworn in as LA mayor by Vice President Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in Karen Bass as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles on Sunday.

Los Angeles Times

LA Mayor-elect Karen Bass' inauguration ceremony to be held Dec. 11 outside City Hall

LOS ANGELES — Mayor-elect Karen Bass will hold a public inauguration on Dec. 11 outside Los Angeles City Hall, one day before she officially takes office as the first woman elected to serve in the city's top job, her campaign said Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: Latino support for Karen Bass should put an end to talk of Black-brown strife

Karen Bass' victory in the Los Angeles mayoral race was another blow to the popular caricature of Latino voters as trending conservative.

Los Angeles Times

Faced with tight transition, Mayor-elect Bass invites Garcetti staff to stay on through April

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass has invited all staffers in Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office to remain in their jobs through April, according to a letter sent last week — an atypical move intended to steady the ship amid an unusually short transition period.

Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Arellano: What $104 million could buy, instead of a failed mayoral run

$104,848,887.43 — Rick Caruso spent at least that much on his unsuccessful campaign to become mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest campaign finance records.

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass drew more votes than any mayor candidate in LA history

LOS ANGELES — A record number of Los Angeles voters cast ballots for mayor in this month's election, the result of changes in the electoral calendar, the state's easing of voter registration rules and the provocative contest between U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and businessman Rick Caruso, according to analysts and…

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