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Racist remarks spotlight rivalry between LA Latinos, Blacks

A leaked recording of crude, racist comments that resulted in the president of the Los Angeles City Council resigning from the post also provided a look into City Hall’s racial rivalries

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Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks

The president of the Los Angeles City Council has resigned from the post after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders

The Independent UK

Billionaire Caruso on spending binge to sway LA mayor's race

The race for Los Angeles mayor has taken a nasty turn, with both candidates sharpening attacks

The Independent UK

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LA council President Nury Martinez faces pressure to resign after racist remarks in leaked audio

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez found her political future very much in doubt on Sunday, following the release of a recording in which she made racist and derogatory comments during a conversation with two of her colleagues and a high-profile labor leader.

Los Angeles Times

‘How much did you pay for it?’: Bass apologizes to Latino group for comment during debate

LOS ANGELES — Facing anger from the leaders of a local Latino Democratic club, Rep. Karen Bass apologized Friday for suggesting the group was paid by her rival Rick Caruso to endorse him in the Los Angeles mayor’s race.

Los Angeles Times

Bass, Caruso spar over USC, Scientology, policing and housing in LA mayoral debate

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso both found themselves on the defensive Thursday evening as a quintet of moderators pressed them on an array of pain points during an hourlong live debate.

Los Angeles Times

LA mayoral candidate Rick Caruso pledged $1 million to support abortion rights proposition but has yet to donate

LOS ANGELES — A day after a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overruling Roe vs. Wade sent shockwaves through the country, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso took to Twitter to vehemently defend his support of abortion rights.

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Caruso cuts into Bass' lead, poll finds, as LA mayoral race heads into final weeks

LOS ANGELES — Rick Caruso has made significant progress in the race for Los Angeles mayor, closing a large part of the gap with Rep. Karen Bass since August, but the billionaire businessman still trails by double digits among the people who are likeliest to vote.

Los Angeles Times

'Mansion tax' would raise money for LA housing. Bass and Caruso don't support it

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso have each put forward expensive plans for expanding interim and permanent housing for homeless people, but the Los Angeles mayoral candidates have offered few specifics about how they would pay for them.

Los Angeles Times

Rick Caruso has spent more than $62 million since entering LA mayor's race

LOS ANGELES — Rick Caruso has spent more than $62 million since launching his Los Angeles mayoral bid in February, nearly all of it his own money.

Los Angeles Times

Survey: Most Angelenos have favorable view of LAPD, despite lingering concerns around bias

LOS ANGELES — The public's confidence in the Los Angeles Police Department has improved slightly over the last two years, although more than half of the city's residents believe policing remains tainted by racial bias among officers, according to a survey from Loyola Marymount University.

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: Isn't Karen Bass the victim? Why all the questions about her stolen guns?

Ever since Karen Bass announced that she was running for mayor of Los Angeles, she has mostly downplayed the historic implications of her candidacy.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Are Latino voters in Southern California being courted like kingmakers yet?

Latino voters in Boyle Heights, probably Los Angeles’ most historic Latino/Chicano neighborhood, have seen more than their usual share of door canvassers and have gotten plenty of phone calls and text messages from a particular mayoral candidate: Rick Caruso.

Los Angeles Times

Bass and Caruso face off in LA mayoral debate

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles mayoral candidates Rick Caruso and Karen Bass tangled for nearly an hour Wednesday night in their first debate ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

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Huge Caruso ad buy: $17 million in broadcast TV time for remaining weeks of mayoral race

LOS ANGELES — After a dormant summer on the airwaves, Rick Caruso's mayoral campaign on Thursday reserved $17 million worth of broadcast TV ad time spread over the remaining weeks of the race — a commitment that does not include cable or digital advertising, meaning the spending total will likely…

Los Angeles Times

2 arrested in burglary at Rep. Karen Bass' LA home, LAPD says

LOS ANGELES — Two people are in custody in connection with the burglary of Rep. Karen Bass' home in the Baldwin Vista neighborhood, an LAPD spokesperson said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Bass and Caruso trade insults as LA mayoral race turns ugly

LOS ANGELES — With less than eight weeks until the November election, both Los Angeles mayoral candidates are fighting fire with fire as they attack their opponent’s relationships to scandals at one of the most prominent private institutions in the city.

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Citing 'escalating tension in modern politics,' USC pulled out of hosting mayoral debate

LOS ANGELES — As the Los Angeles mayoral race heads into its frantic final months, debate organizers have been caught up in bickering between the candidates' camps as well as scheduling snafus and last-minute cancellations.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: A big GOP 'uh-oh': Republican midterm candidates try to hide their anti-abortion truths

It's fair to say I am a single-issue voter. If a candidate does not support the right to safe and legal abortion, they can kiss my vote goodbye.

Los Angeles Times

Can Rick Caruso regain steam in LA mayoral race as Karen Bass' lead mounts?

LOS ANGELES — After a fiery spring and a relatively quiet summer, Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso will soon enter the final stretch of the Los Angeles mayor's race: a monthslong, all-out sprint to November.

Los Angeles Times

In new poll, Karen Bass jumps out to big lead over Rick Caruso in race for LA mayor

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass has built a double-digit lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race with a little over two months to go until election day, firming up her base among the city's Democratic voters and eroding Rick Caruso's margin in the San Fernando Valley, a new poll…

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: LA District Attorney Gascón survives a second recall campaign. Was he humbled by this near miss?

The crash was horrific, no doubt about it.

Los Angeles Times

President Biden and Vice President Harris back Karen Bass in LA mayoral race

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Rep. Karen Bass' mayoral campaign on Tuesday, saying in a joint statement that they were "eager to continue to partner with her on innovative strategies to reduce homelessness and increase public safety and prosperity."

The Independent UK

Biden, Harris endorse Rep. Karen Bass in LA mayor's race

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have endorsed Karen Bass in the Los Angeles' mayor race, cementing the congresswoman's place as the pick of the Democratic establishment

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