Twelve candidates were pushing for a spot on the June primary ballot and nine made the cut. Three of the 12 have since withdrawn from the race.
NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks to Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Rep. Karen Bass about LA’s rising crime rate, crime prevention strategies and hiring more police officers.Karen Bass has been one of the leading candidates in the current mayoral race. She has served on the California State Assembly from 2005-2010 and assumed office as a U.S. House Representative in 2013.
Bass has made it clear that one of her main focuses, if elected, will be tackling homelessness, which she calls LA’s No. 1 problem. When addressing crime and public safety, she has also said that she would increase the number of police officers to help with the attrition that has been occurring in the city.
De León is an LA native and was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He attended UC Santa Barbara and graduated with honors from Pitzer College. His career experience includes being the former chief of strategy officer of Rogers & Cowan/PMK. Greiwe has been very vocal about using his experience to help rebuild LA with new programs that will not increase taxes. He is focused on making sure LA is a safe city that people want to live in and can afford to live in.
He is the founder of Survivor’s Power, an organization aimed to support victims of sexual violence. He currently serves as an Echo Park Neighborhood Councilman, is a member of multiple city committees including the Ad Hoc Reimagining Public Safety Committee, and Co-Chairs the Planning and Land Use Committee.
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