The longtime House member becomes mayor as the city faces a siege of homelessness and violent crime that prior leaders have failed to halt.
Democratic Rep. Karen Bass, vying to become the first woman elected to lead the city, condemned the remarks but did not immediately call for those implicated to step down. And behind the scenes, she worked the phones. In less than 72 hours, she convened a meeting at a local community college, bringing
said she chose Sunday for the ceremony so she could spend the full following day, the official start of her term, at work. And there is plenty to do. for the third straight year. And Los Angeles regularly ranks among the nation’s least-affordable cities as the cost of housing spirals upward. All of that has left the city in a funk.“There is a lot of civic pride that has been lost these last few years,” said Ange-Marie Hancock, chair of the University of Southern California’s political science and international relations department.in which the chief executive’s ability to wield power unilaterally is limited, unlike in some other metropolises.
“This survey makes it very clear what the mandate is: Do whatever you need to do to solve the crisis of homelessness,” Santana said. “That’s a pretty big mandate, and frankly political cover that Angelenos are giving the next mayor, to act in a bold, courageous way.”for its multipronged approach and said her experience in local, state and federal government will be crucial to meeting her goals.
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