Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) acknowledged Wednesday night during a debate among the Los Angeles mayoral candidates that her sense of physical safety in the city has dropped from a “10/10” in March to a “5/5″ today. 10”, after the burglary of her home.
Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso, who was second only to Bath in the primaries, responded: “You’re worried about your kids going to school. I don’t want to give my kids a ‘5’ and say, ‘Okay, Your chances of success are 50/50.'”
Crime is one of the main issues in the election, along with homelessness — though Bass, like other Democrats, has used the abortion issue to motivate voters against Caruso, a former Republican who has in the past Donate to pro-life candidates.
Earlier this month, Bass was the victim of a break-in from her home where two guns were stolen.bass Tell Local Fox affiliate KTTV-11 “Her firearm was registered, locked in a safe and hidden in a closet when stolen”.
During the debate, Caruso noted that current Mayor Eric Garcetti has “defunded” the police by $150 million; Bass was an early critic of the “defund the police” slogan and supported expanding the LA police size of the bureau.
The two candidates clashed over their homelessness policies and an ongoing bribery case at USC, where Bass was not the target of prosecution, where she was awarded a $95,000 scholarship that she belatedly Report to Congress.
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