Karen Bass is set to become the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles, as well as the first woman mayor of LA, and the second Black person to lead the city.
"The people of Los Angeles have sent a clear message: It's time for change and it's time for urgency," Bass said at her victory speech last month.
Bass stressed that she would "not accept corruption or cronyism," nor would she tolerate "the sleight of hand or shuffling problems around." "I will not accept the notion that this is the way it's always been done," Bass said. "If you tell me that this is the way it's always been done and that means that we're supposed to continue to do it this way -- and we know it's not working ... that will not be acceptable."
Bass, 69, grew up in the midst of the civil rights movement with three brothers in the Venice and Fairfax neighborhoods. She was drawn to community activism after watching the movement on television, volunteering for Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign when she was 14. Her organizing career began in 1990 when she founded Community Coalition, a South Los Angeles social justice group in response to the crack cocaine crisis. In 2004, Bass was the only Black woman in the state Legislature when she was elected to the Assembly. Four years later, she became the first Black woman to lead the chamber. Bass was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010.
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