Bass, First Black Woman in LA Mayor Post, Faces Fed-Up City
Progressive and moderate voters want her to push their opposing visions for change.
Karen Bass became the first female and first Black female mayor of Los Angeles.
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Winning the tight race to become the first female and second Black mayor of Los Angeles was a tough fight for Karen Bass. Now comes the harder job of uniting a city confronting a racism scandal, worsening homelessness crisis and rising crime rates.
Bass, a six-term Democratic congresswoman, won the city’s mayoral contest, besting real-estate billionaire Rick Caruso, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.