RARE PHOTOS: 27 - The Real Truth

Nicholas Goldberg: Why I’m voting against Rick Caruso. (Hint: It’s not because of his positions on the issues.)

LOS ANGELES — Karen Bass wants to hire 500 new LAPD officers while Rick Caruso wants 1,800 more. Bass plans to house 17,000 homeless people in her first year as mayor; he promises 30,000. He excoriates her for accepting free tuition from USC, while she says he broke a promise…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 11, 2022

LA civic leaders call for Martinez, de León and Cedillo to resign from City Council

LOS ANGELES — The chorus of civic leaders calling for L.A. City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to step down from the City Council grew louder Monday, as U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, Mayor Eric Garcetti and both mayoral candidates called on the embattled politicians to…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 10, 2022

Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks

The president of the Los Angeles City Council has resigned from the post after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

LA mayoral candidate Rick Caruso pledged $1 million to support abortion rights proposition but has yet to donate

LOS ANGELES — A day after a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overruling Roe vs. Wade sent shockwaves through the country, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso took to Twitter to vehemently defend his support of abortion rights.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 4, 2022

Caruso cuts into Bass' lead, poll finds, as LA mayoral race heads into final weeks

LOS ANGELES — Rick Caruso has made significant progress in the race for Los Angeles mayor, closing a large part of the gap with Rep. Karen Bass since August, but the billionaire businessman still trails by double digits among the people who are likeliest to vote.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 2, 2022

'Mansion tax' would raise money for LA housing. Bass and Caruso don't support it

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso have each put forward expensive plans for expanding interim and permanent housing for homeless people, but the Los Angeles mayoral candidates have offered few specifics about how they would pay for them.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 1, 2022

Rick Caruso has spent more than $62 million since entering LA mayor's race

LOS ANGELES — Rick Caruso has spent more than $62 million since launching his Los Angeles mayoral bid in February, nearly all of it his own money.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 30, 2022

Survey: Most Angelenos have favorable view of LAPD, despite lingering concerns around bias

LOS ANGELES — The public's confidence in the Los Angeles Police Department has improved slightly over the last two years, although more than half of the city's residents believe policing remains tainted by racial bias among officers, according to a survey from Loyola Marymount University.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 28, 2022

Erika D. Smith: Isn't Karen Bass the victim? Why all the questions about her stolen guns?

Ever since Karen Bass announced that she was running for mayor of Los Angeles, she has mostly downplayed the historic implications of her candidacy.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 28, 2022

Commentary: Are Latino voters in Southern California being courted like kingmakers yet?

Latino voters in Boyle Heights, probably Los Angeles’ most historic Latino/Chicano neighborhood, have seen more than their usual share of door canvassers and have gotten plenty of phone calls and text messages from a particular mayoral candidate: Rick Caruso.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 23, 2022