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Marijuana is on the ballot in five states on Election Day

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‘Pay’ for an endorsement? LA's Democratic clubs under scrutiny this election

LOS ANGELES — For newcomers running for office in Los Angeles, support from some of the city’s many political clubs can provide an essential boost, with the groups calling prospective voters or hosting meet-and-greet events with the candidates.

Los Angeles Times

The Valley is where LA's mayoral race could be won or lost

LOS ANGELES — One of Rick Caruso's first developments was a mall in Encino. It opened in 1994 after the Northridge earthquake and turned what had been seen as an eyesore into something "compatible with the neighborhood," as one resident put it.

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Obama endorses Karen Bass for LA mayor

LOS ANGELES — The Democratic circling of the wagons for Rep. Karen Bass is complete.

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Gustavo Arellano: Rick Caruso's Latino appeal isn't bought — it's real. But is it enough to win?

Telenovela star Kate del Castillo took a lunchtime stroll toward a black GMC Yukon parked on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights, cameramen and photographers behind her.

Los Angeles Times

LA mayoral candidate Rick Caruso on track to exceed $100 million in campaign spending

LOS ANGELES — Rick Caruso is on track to spend more than $100 million by Nov. 8 in his bid for Los Angeles mayor, an astounding sum that puts the real estate developer on par with candidate outlays in some of the country’s most closely watched and expensive midterm races.

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Caruso spending $53 million on relentless ad war against Bass, a 13-1 advantage

LOS ANGELES — Businessman Rick Caruso will end his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles much as he started it — pounding away with a television advertising campaign that attempts to persuade Angelenos he is the kind of independent problem solver who can overcome entrenched and corrupt interests at City…

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Bass and Caruso differ on public safety and policing. But not as much as many think

LOS ANGELES — On a campaign stop last spring in the San Fernando Valley, billionaire developer and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso was flanked by a who's who of old-school heavyweights from the Los Angeles Police Department.

Los Angeles Times

Chorus of outrage against Kanye West grows as antisemitic incidents rattle LA

Sports brand Adidas is also facing pressure to cut ties with the rapper over his hateful comments

The Guardian - US

LA officials condemn demonstrators supporting Kanye’s anti-Semitic remarks

Los Angeles mayor and mayor candidate among those to call out anti-semetic hate

Evening Standard

Leaked racist audio recording could push LA City Hall further left in Nov. 8 election

LOS ANGELES — Dissatisfaction with Los Angeles City Hall has been simmering for years, with residents growing exasperated over the protracted homelessness crisis, anxious over crime and exhausted by a string of corruption indictments targeting various city leaders.

Los Angeles Times

California’s down-ballot races most contentious and costly in midterm election

More than $1 billion so far has been poured into California races — but with less than three weeks to go before voting ends, candidates for governor and U.S. Senate haven’t aired a single general-election ad that touts their campaigns.

Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Arellano: Karen Bass' Latino-Black family is everything the ugly audiotape is not

LOS ANGELES — Last month, after the first L.A. mayoral debate between Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, I approached their campaigns with the same request.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Karen Bass says she'll protect Angelenos' abortion rights. But can the mayor of LA really do that?

On Monday, Los Angeles was still riddled with homeless encampments, crime was still too high, traffic was horrendous as usual and mass transit remained spotty. But mayoral candidate Karen Bass spent a good chunk of the day in a packed room with Vice President Kamala Harris and an official from…

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The Guardian - US

Billionaire Rick Caruso has spent $80m of own money on LA mayoral race, records show

In contrast to the real estate developer with a net worth of around $5.3bn, his opponent Karen Bass raised only $6m as of September

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Biden is on the midterm campaign trail. But he's not welcome everywhere

Biden's approval ratings are underwater, so many Democratic candidates in tough races have avoided campaign appearances with him. But there are places where he can help.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles is running out of water, and time. Are leaders willing to act?

LOS ANGELES — On a clear afternoon recently, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti looked down at the Hollywood Reservoir from 1,200 feet in the air.

Los Angeles Times

Once seen as a trailblazer, Kevin de León tumbles after leaked racist tape

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 20 minutes into the secretly recorded conversation that would cost Nury Martinez her L.A. City Council seat, she remarked to fellow Councilmember Kevin de León that it was recently his anniversary. Seven years ago, he had been sworn in as the leader of the California Senate.

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Editorial: Endorsement: Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor

Los Angeles desperately needs, and will soon get, new leadership. No elected office is more important than mayor; this is the person Angelenos look to in a crisis, who can set the tone of the political discourse and should act as the moral compass for city policy.

Los Angeles Times

Biden can’t quit LA, or its complex politics, even as racist audio leak rocks the city

LOS ANGELES — What a moment for the leader of the free world to show up in Southern California.

Los Angeles Times

Bass' purported USC application shows she had scholarship before applying for social work degree

LOS ANGELES — For weeks, Rep. Karen Bass has faced intensifying questions over her free University of California master's degree in social work while in Congress.

Los Angeles Times

In Western swing, Biden looks to make Democrats' case without making waves

Less than four weeks before the midterm elections that will decide control of Congress, President Joe Biden is scheduled to hit the campaign trail in Los Angeles on Thursday, where his lone public appearance will be alongside mayoral candidate Karen Bass.

The Guardian - US

‘I’m Italian’: Los Angeles mayoral contender says he’s not white

Billionaire Rick Caruso corrects debate moderator who referred to him as white by saying he is ‘Italian … thank you, that’s Latin’

The Independent UK

Billionaire candidate for LA mayor claims he’s not white because he’s Italian: ‘Had to make it known he’s spicy white’

Rick Caruso claims to have connection to Latinos, but says it’s his “job is to connect with every community”

Los Angeles Times

Racist comments. Corruption. City Hall in chaos. Welcome to LA politics 2022

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Hall has felt under siege the last few years.

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