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Q&A: ‘The city is demanding the tents go away,’ LA Mayor Karen Bass says of homelessness

LOS ANGELES — When she was running for mayor of Los Angeles last year, Karen Bass spoke often about how the homelessness crisis is what prompted her to leave a safe seat in Congress and “come home.”

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles chief 'deeply concerned' by 2 police shootings

The Los Angeles police chief says he is concerned about two recent fatal police shootings, including one in which officers failed to call for a specially trained mental health team during an interaction with a man in crisis

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Seeking reappointment, LAPD Chief Moore says he may stay only two or three more years

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Monday that, if appointed for a second term as the city's top cop, he would serve for two or three years before turning the department over to a new chief ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games.

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LAPD chief backtracks after saying he has ‘full support’ of Mayor Karen Bass

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore apologized Tuesday after sending an email that described his bid for a second term and suggested he has the backing of Mayor Karen Bass.

Los Angeles Times

Will Karen Bass’ Laser Focus on Tackling Homelessness Have a Cost?

Manuel Pastor, professor and equity advocate, says while staking her political capital on showing tangible progress, Bass must also address other daunting challenges.

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Commentary: Los Angeles ballot measure raises hope for housing solution

Los Angeles voters approved a ballot measure in November to address the city’s housing crisis, which has left tens of thousands of people with no place to live, many others priced out of the area, and prompted recently elected mayor, Karen Bass, to declare a state of emergency. The measure,…

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No Place to Call Home

As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declares a state of emergency on housing, residents like Sarah Fay live on the brink of being unhoused.

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Editorial: Mayor Bass is moving fast to house encampments. She’s going to need help — and hotel rooms

On her first day in office, Dec. 12, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared a state of emergency on homelessness. Several days after that, she signed an order to make it faster for homeless housing to be approved.

Los Angeles Times

Howard Jarvis group, apartment owners sue to block LA's new housing tax

LOS ANGELES — A coalition of real estate and anti-tax groups is seeking to prevent the city of Los Angeles from implementing a recently passed tax on the sales of properties over $5 million.

Los Angeles Times

Garcetti's last order as mayor: Light up the Hollywood sign. Bass rescinded it

LOS ANGELES — It may have been the shortest-lived executive directive in Los Angeles City Hall history.

Los Angeles Times

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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

Los Angeles Times

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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The Independent UK

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

Los Angeles Times

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

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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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

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

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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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

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