Karen Bass

The former congresswoman and state Assembly speaker formally takes charge Monday amid a homeless crisis and rising crime. City Hall also has been shaken by ...

[resignation of its former president](https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-city-council-nury-martinez-resignation-19571bf8ce0524dfa84b5784ce30f65d) and a powerful labor leader, while one councilman snared in the scandal has resisted calls to resign. She also served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in 2019 and 2020. “The voters don’t expect a miracle but will be looking for a clear and credible path toward measurable and visible improvement,” Sonenshein said. Bass swayed voters by arguing she would be a coalition builder to help heal a troubled city of nearly 4 million. we want, but to participate in making the dream come true,” Bass said. She was sworn in ceremonially by Vice President Kamala Harris, a longtime friend and former California attorney general. She also urged residents to become involved in city government, echoing John F. [stalled in the Senate](https://apnews.com/article/biden-india-los-angeles-chuck-grassley-dfefd15c6e8a199fb9246df8a6ef5d0a), apparently over sexual misconduct allegations against a former top Garcetti adviser. She has signaled she will seek to marshal “all of the resources, all of the skills, the knowledge, the talent of the city” to get homeless people into housing. A marquee outside the theater featured a photo of a beaming Bass with the slogan “A new day for Los Angeles.” The backdrop for the stage, topped by U.S flags, was an oversized shot of the steps and columns of City Hall. [a turn to the political right](https://apnews.com/article/crime-los-angeles-bernie-sanders-homelessness-government-and-politics-6e29700327c829d44f8079ef703d1a78) for the heavily Democratic city. [multiple crises](https://apnews.com/article/sports-business-crime-los-angeles-homelessness-16e5653f2eaf40b1574fd0d512aa2240) in the nation’s second most populous city.

LOS ANGELES — In front of thousands of people packed into a downtown auditorium on Sunday, Karen Bass was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as Los ...

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). On Friday, an altercation involving Councilman Kevin de León as well as a City Hall protest [dashed hopes](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/us/los-angeles-council-fight-transition.html) that the tensions that erupted this year had diminished. Mayeda said she had approved a unicorn license for Madeline and listed the county’s five conditions for unicorn licensing. 30, Marcia Mayeda, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, wrote back. Bass noted that all five members of the Los Angeles County supervisors, a board once known as the “five little kings,” [are now women.](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-04/l-a-county-makes-history-with-all-female-board-of-supervisors) Biden’s 2020 running mate, Bass [won a hard-fought race last month against Rick Caruso](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/us/politics/la-mayor-race-california-caruso-bass.html), a billionaire real estate developer. “Please send me a letter in response.” Highway 395 on the eastern side of the Sierras is its own experience. “To me, that’s the primary issue.” She called on communities to welcome more housing in their neighborhoods, and she said that her first act as mayor on Monday would be to Harris, the first female vice president, flew to Los Angeles for the occasion with a planeload of Democrats. When Bass finished taking her oath of office, Harris said “madame mayor,” drawing loud cheers from the audience in the Microsoft Theater as people leaped to their feet.

Vice-President Kamala Harris administered the oath of office and set off raucous applause after she proclaimed Ms Bass "Madam Mayor". Looming over the day's ...

Homelessness was the definitive issue of a bruising mayoral campaign, which featured a David-and-Goliath showdown between Ms Bass and the billionaire developer Rick Caruso. In April, Los Angeles pledged $3bn over five years to alleviate the issue within its borders. Karen Bass was sworn-in as mayor of Los Angeles, California on Sunday, making her the first woman to lead the second-largest city in the US.

She visited the city's Emergency Operations Center on Monday to make it official. According to a statement from Bass' office, the declaration "will recognize ...

"These investments to combat homelessness, improve community safety and assist families with the increasing costs of living in our congressional district are coming at a crucial time," Bass said in a March statement. I just declared a state of emergency on homelessness to unlock every tool and authority at our disposal to bring unhoused Angelenos inside. At least 41,980 people experienced homelessness in the city of Los Angeles during a three-day study this year, according to the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).

Karen Ruth Bass, una exasistente médica que rompió los paradigmas con su ascenso político en la legislatura de California y posteriormente hacia un puesto ...

Caruso habría significado un vuelco hacia la derecha en la urbe de mayoría demócrata. Exhortó también a la población a involucrarse en el gobierno de la ciudad, haciendo eco del discurso inaugural del presidente John F. Iniciará formalmente sus funciones el lunes, en medio de diversas crisis en la segunda urbe más poblada del país.

Karen Bass fue juramentada por la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris como alcalde número 43 de Los Ángeles en una histórica ceremonia de inauguración.

Bass dijo en su discurso inaugural el domingo que comenzará este lunes con una visita al Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia de la ciudad. Keep LA Housed señaló que cuatro miembros del consejo, Soto-Martinez, Raman, Eunisses Hernandez y Marqueece Harris-Dawson, fueron “de apoyo”. Keep LA Housed, un grupo de inquilinos, organizadores y defensores, está programado para realizar una manifestación frente al Ayuntamiento el martes para pedirle al consejo que implemente protecciones permanentes para los inquilinos. El plan de Bass también incluye proporcionar vivienda a 17,000 personas sin hogar en su primer año. [el concejo votara 8-3 para poner fin al estado de emergencia de Los Ángeles debido al COVID-19 en febrero](https://www.telemundo52.com/noticias/local/ciudad-los-angeles-estado-emergencia-finaliza-febrero-2023/2353411/). Casi todos los funcionarios importantes de la ciudad, junto con

La destitución del presidente peruano Pedro Castillo provoca protestas que dejan varios muertos mientras la nueva presidenta convoca elecciones para 2024.

Sin embargo, los activistas por la vivienda digna advierten que la medida solo provocará que se desplace y se margine aún más a las personas sintecho. Debido a las fuertes lluvias, la ceremonia finalmente se trasladó a un edificio cerrado. La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris, otra californiana de gran trascendencia, fue quien tomó dicho juramento.

Se prevé que el Consistorio apruebe la declaratoria de emergencia este martes. La mayoría de los concejales han respaldado el plan de la nueva alcaldesa, de ...

Retoma programas que se pusieron en marcha en los gobiernos de sus antecesores, como la conversión de moteles y hoteles en albergues temporales y la renta a mediano plazo de edificios desocupados en el centro de la ciudad, que serían acondicionados para ofrecer una vivienda a los sin techo. La alcaldesa nombró la semana pasada a Mercedes Márquez como la encargada de coordinar la respuesta que emprende la primera alcaldesa negra de Los Ángeles. Estudió Comunicación en la Universidad Iberoamericana y el Máster de Periodismo de EL PAÍS. Antes se desempeñó como redactor jefe del diario en la redacción de Ciudad de México, de donde es originario. La primera mujer que gobierna Los Ángeles en la historia inició este lunes su mandato declarando el estado de emergencia por la crisis de los sin techo. El plan, según algunas claves adelantadas por la prensa local, invertiría unos 100 millones de dólares para trasladar a albergues a la gente que vive en tiendas de campaña. Después de que se confirmara su triunfo, Bass inició un recorrido por diversas zonas de la ciudad donde se han levantado campamentos de sin techo. La iniciativa no parte de cero. Bass, una veterana política de Washington con experiencia en trabajo comunitario, ha hecho el anuncio en plena temporada invernal, cuando se prevé que siga descendiendo la temperatura. Caruso conquistó el voto en las zonas más ricas y Bass arrasó en los barrios negros y latinos. Ha sido un golpe de efecto para Bass, tan solo la segunda afroamericana que tiene el puesto más importante en la alcaldía. El censo más reciente indica que hay cerca de 70.000 personas viviendo en la calle en el condado, un enorme enjambre compuesto por 88 ciudades.

She visited the city's Emergency Operations Center on Monday to make it official. According to a statement from Bass' office, the declaration “will recognize ...

“These investments to combat homelessness, improve community safety and assist families with the increasing costs of living in our congressional district are coming at a crucial time,” Bass said in a March statement. At least 41,980 people experienced homelessness in the city of Los Angeles during a three-day study this year, according to the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). (LOS ANGELES) — In her first act as Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass declared homelessness a state of emergency in the city.