Karen Bass faces rivals and disgruntled voters in Los Angeles mayoral race
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Updated · The New York Times · May 7
Karen Bass faces rivals and disgruntled voters in Los Angeles mayoral race
14 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 7
More than a dozen challengers are on the June 2 primary ballot, with Bass expected to face a fall runoff against leading opponents Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt.
Her re-election bid has been shadowed by criticism over the Pacific Palisades fires, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes while she was in Ghana.
Bass had earlier won praise for reducing unsheltered homelessness, lowering violent crime and reopening a damaged freeway, though rivals now accuse her of broader city mismanagement.
LA's fire recovery is stalled by lawsuits and infrastructure failures. Is this a leadership crisis or a systemic breakdown?
With a $300M homelessness program seeing a 40% failure rate, is LA's 'Housing First' approach actually working?