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As 2023 comes to a close, we wanted to recap this amazing first year — 23 articles from 2023!

Wishing you the very best in the new year!
L.A. Magazine ([link removed]) : Grading Mayor Karen Bass's First Year in City Hall
“She has had no trouble twisting to the executive path and getting people to fall in line. And yeah, she’s tough. All this has resulted in an incredibly successful year one. I’ve spoken to numerous people who follow this stuff, and while there are some critiques, there is general agreement, and the biggest dispute may be which cliché most suffices: Bass has hit it out of the park. She’s been a slam dunk. She’s a 10 out of 10.”

What Now? With Trevor Noah ([link removed]) : 1-on-1 Interview with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass
“In 2022, Bass upset a well-financed opponent to win the election and return to the city where her activism began. Mayor Bass discusses her work as a high school student on Bobby Kennedy’s campaign, why she cut a London trip short because of Angela Davis, LA’s homeless crisis, and whether she’d ever run for President.”
L.A. Times ([link removed]) : Bass’ Star Turn in School Strike Mediation
“Clad in a red suit, Mayor Karen Bass stood between SEIU Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias and Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho on Friday afternoon as both men effusively praised her for leading them out of the stalemate wilderness and toward a transformative labor deal after a three-day school strike… Bass’ political brand is built on coalition-building and pragmatism, and those skills surely served her well during the days of discord. In another hallmark of her style, she also remained largely quiet in public during the tense period of negotiations, saying Friday that ‘grandstanding and speaking publicly when things are being hashed out does not benefit anyone. What was important was getting the work done and getting the job done,” Bass said.

L.A. Times ([link removed]) : Editorial: Who Says L.A.’s Mayor Doesn’t Have Power Over Schools?
“Los Angeles mayors have no official authority over local schools, but they have a big stake in their success. And the kind of political capital that can make people listen. For that reason, Los Angeles was fortunate that Mayor Karen Bass stepped up last week to mediate a labor impasse between the Los Angeles Unified School District and 30,000 low-wage workers that shuttered schools for three days.”
In a Minute with Evan Lovett ([link removed]) : 1-on-1 with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass
“Getting to know a side of our Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass you may not know. We talk about her origin story from growing up in L.A., to when she realized she wanted to end up in politics from working in the health field, to her Mom and Dad, to her family now, and wrapping with a solid recap of her first year in office.”

L.A. Times ([link removed]) : L.A. was Ready for Tropical Storm Hilary. That Preparedness Proved to be Life-Saving
“It is notable there were no reports of Hilary-related deaths in the city, not even a traffic-related fatality, according to data from the Los Angeles Police Department, which does not include information from freeways. For comparison, there were 312 fatalities related to traffic collisions on city streets in 2022 — close to an average of one death a day. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass was among those leading the charge in calling for preparedness.”
CalMatters ([link removed]) : Karen Bass Shows Her Political Strengths with the Rapid Reopening of Los Angeles Freeway
“Mayor Bass did many things right. Officials estimated a month or more to reopen the freeway, and she came in ahead of time – it’s always better to be early than late. She was visible and available for questions, underscoring her promises of transparency. She put her image and reputation on the line, so the rapid success became her success, though she was happy to share credit with the other leaders and agencies involved. She credited the quick work to “urgent action at all levels of government,” and managed to boast nimbly, not using her own name but broadly including herself as among those deserving credit.”

KTLA ([link removed]) : L.A. Mayor Karen Bass rides Metro to Promote Public Transit Amid 10 Fwy Commuting Nightmare
“Now, with nearly 300,000 commuters being affected by the detours while the highway is repaired, city officials – including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass herself – are taking it upon themselves to promote public transportation. Bass rode the Metro’s E line to work on Wednesday morning, hopping on at the Expo/Western station and hopping off in Little Tokyo, her office said in a release.”
NBC 4 ([link removed]) : More Apply to LAPD After City Approves Raises and Bonuses
“The LAPD said Tuesday that more people began the process of applying to become police officers in August, just as the City Council approved a package of bonuses and raises aimed at growing the size of the department to about 9,500 officers.”

San Fernando Valley Business Journal ([link removed]) : Finally! A Mayor Who Listens to Business
“I spend a good chunk of my time complaining about the things the city of Los Angeles is doing wrong – from single-handedly attempting to destroy our hospitality industry with a half-baked proposal to put the homeless in hotels to a City Hall that seems to run rampant with questionable activities – so it may seem odd that, today, I actually want to commend the mayor and her administration for a job well done. But then again, credit is due where credit is due.”
Los Angeles Business Journal ([link removed]) : Profile for LA500 2023: Mayor Karen Bass Is Opening L.A. For Business
“So far, Los Angeles business leaders and business owners are impressed with Bass’ level of outreach to them, her willingness to hear their concerns and promises of actions to make Los Angeles an easier and more affordable place to do business.”

LA Magazine ([link removed]) : Mayor Karen Bass Helps City Employee Escape War-Torn Gaza
“With the help of Mayor Karen Bass, a Los Angeles city employee who has been trapped in Gaza for weeks has been safely evacuated and is in Egypt today, escaping the war and violence that has gripped the area since early October.”
ABC7 ([link removed](KABC)%20%2D%2D%20Mayor,a%20medical%20episode%20and%20collapsed.) : Mayor Karen Bass Jumps into Action After Photographer Collapses During Press Conference
“Mayor Karen Bass used her medical training during a press conference Thursday to help save a local TV station photographer who apparently suffered a medical episode and collapsed.”

La Opinión ([link removed]) : Alcaldesa de Los Ángeles: ‘Hemos construido buenos cimientos en el primer año’
“Más de 21,000 angelinos desamparados han recibido un techo provisional. La meta era de 17,000.”

NBC 4 ([link removed]) : Homeless Encampments are Gone and Crime is Way Down, So Far, in Venice
“According to the LAPD, crime in the neighborhood around the former 3rd Street and Hampton Drive encampments is down almost 24 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared to a year ago. Even more dramatic is the drop in crime around the world famous Venice Boardwalk, where there were some 200 tents at one point. Those tents are now gone. The first quarter of this year had a nearly 48 percent drop in crime from the same time a year earlier, according to LAPD crime stats obtained by the I-Team. The I-Team has previously reported that in many cases, the unhoused were the victims of the crimes. A big reason why Mayor Bass worked to relocate them into safer housing. Venice residents who spoke to NBC4 hope everyone—housed and unhoused—is safer now.”
KTLA ([link removed]) : 100 Unhoused People Moved into Shelter Following K-Town Encampment Clearing
“More than 100 people were taken off the streets of Koreatown and brought into housing during an Inside Safe operation. The encampment sweep was held Thursday throughout Koreatown and surrounding areas, including near Virgil Middle School, according to a news release from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Four different ‘clusters of encampments’ were the focus of the operation. Bass said more than 100 unhoused Angelenos are now safely inside.”

L.A. Daily News ([link removed]) : Bass’ Inside Safe Program Quickly Moves Almost 100 Homeless Off Venice Streets
“The transformation of these streets was no divine intervention, but the result of Bass’s new ‘Inside Safe’ initiative, an effort to clear encampments by moving the homeless safely indoors.”

FOX11 ([link removed]) : Mayor Karen Bass launches Hollywood facet to Program Combating Homeless Crisis
Inside Safe is part of Mayor Bass' efforts to accelerate housing strategies and lower the cost of building affordable and temporary housing, according to Bass' team. Bass said the program's goals are to reduce loss of life on LA streets, increase access to mental health services, eliminate street encampments, promote long-term housing stability and enhance safety and hygiene to all LA neighborhoods.
Spectrum ([link removed]) : ''Maximize our resources': Mayor Karen Bass on her Washington Visit with LA Leaders
“After spending over a decade on Capitol Hill, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass knows her way around the beltway. When she left Washington behind late last year, she promised she would be calling on her colleagues in her new role leading the second largest city in the world … Bass kept that promise this week, bringing a delegation of LA City Council members with her to meet with Biden administration officials, cabinet secretaries and lawmakers on Capitol Hill.”

L.A. Times ([link removed]) : Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Scores a U.S. Policy Shift to Expedite Homeless Housing
“Los Angeles officials are celebrating the demise of one of their biggest obstacles to getting homeless people into permanent housing: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requirements that keep applicants waiting for months while their assigned apartments remain vacant. Responding to pleas from Mayor Karen Bass and city and county housing officials, HUD has agreed to exempt local housing providers from the rules that required applicants to produce identification and document their homeless status and income before moving into their apartments."

LA Daily News ([link removed]) : Mayor Bass Hosts U.S. Conference of Mayors, Gathered to Address Homeless Crisis
“About 20 mayors from across the nation joined Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in L.A. this week for a U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) gathering to discuss strategies for combating homelessness and to advocate for federal resources they say are needed to confront this national crisis. Bass, who became chair of the USCM’s Homelessness Task Force in June, hosted the group of visiting mayors, who shared best practices and identified potential solutions to barriers that they hope to communicate to White House officials and federal lawmakers.”

L.A. Times ([link removed]) : Mayor Bass Kickstarted More Affordable Housing in L.A. by Cutting Red Tape. Now the Council Should Make it the Law
"The results of ED1 have been remarkable. It reduced the time to get initial planning permits from six months or longer to an average of 43 business days, according to city officials. And it significantly increased the number of affordable projects being proposed.”

The New Yorker ([link removed]) : The New Mayor of Los Angeles
“My responsibility and the responsibility of other elected officials is to restore people’s hope, address their despair and their fear, then I think people can see a light at the end of the tunnel. So I consider that my responsibility, but I paint L.A. in the exact opposite way. I think this is a city with tremendous resources, unbelievable knowledge and skills. And my job is to marshal all of that together. We can conquer all of these problems. We have the capacity to deal, but the capacity needs to be marshalled, organized, and directed. And I view that as my responsibility.”
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