Karen Bass comes home to LA — and all its problems

Dec 10 2022 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass is taking the helm of America’s second-largest city — whose deep-seated problems could thwart the most skilled of politicians.

Bass has represented Los Angeles in Sacramento and Washington for decades, but she’s never taken on a task as daunting as this one. The born-and-raised Angeleno returns to a city mired in scandal whose residents are frustrated by the spread of homelessness and uptick in crime. The City Council remains divided after the...

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