Photo by Alex Wong By Donna M. Owens ·September 27, 2021 Updated
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) has announced she will run for the Mayor of Los Angeles. If her bid is successful, the Democrat would become the city’s first Black woman mayor.
“Our city is facing a public health, safety and economic crisis in homelessness that has evolved into a humanitarian emergency,” Bass said in a statement provided to ESSENCE. “I’ve spent my entire
