L.A. Mayor: Bass overtakes Caruso, now leads 41.05%/38.29%

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Rob Pyers
@rpyers
Bass overtakes Caruso, now leads 41.05%/38.29%

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
@LACountyRRCC
Second post-election vote count update for the Statewide Primary Election now posted at http://lavote.gov. 266,166 ballots added (2,898 in-person; 263,268 vote by mail). Brings current total to 1,258,049 (22.11% of registered voters). Next update: Friday, June 17.
4:11 PM · Jun 14, 2022

[Celerity]

1. good

[Celerity]

1. good

[brooklynite]

3. Doesn't matter...

1. The race is going into a runoff.

2. The small spread between the two makes it an open question as to which will win.

[greenjar_01]

19. ...

[blm]

4. 👍🏽

[tishaLA]

5. Caruso's best chance was to win outright

instead of going to a runoff, which is why he had constant ads on TV and spent so much. Now that it's between him and an actual Democrat, he still has a shot, but much less than he did before last Tuesday.

[Diablo del sol]

7. Exactly his best shot passed

Not sure how/why so many Dems voted for the guy. Saw five minutes of first debate and it was obvious the dude was a Republican.

He will lose the general by close to double digits

[SunSeeker]

16. People lap up lies they want to believe. Caruso claims he'll end homelessness.

Homelessness has gotten exponentially worse in LA as the real estate and rental market exploded. Middle class Americans can't afford housing in LA, let alone the poor. So the poor, and some middle class folks, are on the streets.or living in cars. Los Angelinos desperately want to end the human misery they see on the streets every day. They are very susceptible to sweet promises that it will all go away.

[brooklynite]

22. So does Bass.

Homelessness is a crisis for the unhoused and for every one of our neighborhoods. It’s a crisis on every level — public health, public safety, economic and humanitarian — and it requires a bold and aggressive emergency response. Karen Bass will bring leadership, accountability and action to dramatically reduce homelessness and end street encampments in Los Angeles.

Let’s finally call the homelessness crisis what it is, an emergency of epic proportions that deserves a true FEMA-level response that comes with federal, state, and local coordination and funds to quickly house those who are living on our streets. No more wasting precious time allowing thousands to suffer while politicians and bureaucrats fight over failed policies that have produced just a handful of shelter beds. We must demand help from federal and state governments immediately, and we must demand assistance in getting people off the streets and into housing and addiction treatment centers today.

[SunSeeker]

23. That is NOT the same as Caruso is suggesting.

Nothing in the rather general paragraphs you cite states that.

[brooklynite]

25. Read Again...

Homelessness is a crisis for the unhoused and for every one of our neighborhoods. It’s a crisis on every level — public health, public safety, economic and humanitarian — and it requires a bold and aggressive emergency response. Karen Bass will bring leadership, accountability and action to dramatically reduce homelessness and end street encampments in Los Angeles.

https://karenbass.com/policies/homelessness/

Let’s finally call the homelessness crisis what it is, an emergency of epic proportions that deserves a true FEMA-level response that comes with federal, state, and local coordination and funds to quickly house those who are living on our streets. No more wasting precious time allowing thousands to suffer while politicians and bureaucrats fight over failed policies that have produced just a handful of shelter beds. We must demand help from federal and state governments immediately, and we must demand assistance in getting people off the streets and into housing and addiction treatment centers today.

https://carusocan.com/issues/homelessness/

[SunSeeker]

26. Read again yourself. Bass is not promising to end homelessness.

Because she is not a bombastic liar.

[SunSeeker]

27. Have you seen what Caruso is saying on TV and in his ads?

I live in the LA TV market. People don't read his website. They go by what they hear him say on TV. In this appearance on our local news, Caruso blames homelessness in LA on "failed leadership" by LA leaders and says he will "cure homelessness." He says he can do this because as a developer, he knows how to "build things." Sounds familiar, no?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

13. I agree.

Caruso blanketed the airwaves with ads that [with my neutral political scientist hat on] seemed very effective to me. Bass had a very small ad budget in comparison, so few ways to counter him through paid media in the primary.

Caruso was definitely attempting to get a win in the primary.

That Bass not only made it to the second round, but actually is in front is a very good sign.

When people become aware that Caruso's plan to "end homelessness" is to declare a "state of emergency" that cuts out the LA City Council and allows him near-dictatorial control of city government, people will howl.

Even I was unaware of his "state of emergency" plan until you (tishLA) made me aware of it on the eve of the election. I thank you for that.

This is something that has not been in the news and I think it is a potent issue for Karen Bass moving forward.

[SunSeeker]

17. Yup. Wait until the NIMBYs of LA hear he will warehouse the homeless in their neighborhood.

The reason all those state and city propositions setting aside billions of dollars for homeless housing have not dented the homeless population is that almost none of that money has been spent, because nobody wants homeless housing in their neighborhood.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

18. I don't think that's it.

Are you supporting Caruso?

[SunSeeker]

20. No. But I live in Orange County and can't vote for LA mayor.

I support Bass. I don't think warehousing the homeless can work, not only because NIMBYs won't let such structures be built in their neighborhoods (CA's laws, such as CEQA, make it pretty easy for neighborhoods to sue such projects to a standstill), but because they are a bad idea.

The homeless need to be interspersed throughout our communities, not warehoused. The homeless should be given rent vouchers, job training, and mental health/drug/family counseling. Those are the kinds of things Bass supports. Caruso not so much. He just wants to get them off the streets and either jailed or warehoused in homeless shelters.

[panader0]

8. 22% of registered voters cast ballots? Such enthusiasm!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

12. Can you blame us?

Caruso's omnipresent ads make him sound like a Saint. On the flip side I saw zero Bass ads.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

14. I voted, with enthusiasm, for Karen Bass

[wiggs]

9. I'm surprised. He's been on every commercial, it feels like. He seems affable. But

maybe people are tired of billionaires in office?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

10. And you can add Kevin DeLeon's 7.77% to the tab.

[calimary]

21. Good!

Hope that holds.

[JI7]

11. Right now the issues on people's minds are gun control and the news of Trump

trying to steal the election.

If there is more on crime and homeless at the time of voting it will help caruso.

[beaglelover]

24. You really think those are the 2 main issues on people's minds at the moment?

Sorry, but I got a major LOL out of your comment.

[C Moon]

15. NICE!!! I don't believe for one minute he's a Democrat.

They started ads soooooo long ago—saturated the media with how great he is. It will be great to see him lose all that money.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

28. Our new district is 47, which means supporting Katie Porter

This is a new district. It had been 48, meaning we went from Rohrabacher to Rouda to Steel. And Porter seems well positioned considering the number of Republicans running...