Mayor Karen Bass Predicts Los Angeles’ Future [VIDEO]

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Trevor sits down with Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass on the anniversary of her first year in office. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Could we just make sure everyone's recording?
0:02.2	All right, I'm recording on my side.
0:03.9	I'm recording.
0:05.1	I'm not one second, one second.
0:07.4	I'm always recording.
0:10.1	Please note that all calls are recorded for quality assurance purposes.
0:14.0	This is what now with Trevanoa. Happy Mayor of Los Angeles,
0:33.4	Karen Bass Day, everybody.
0:34.9	Happy Karen Bass Day.
0:36.3	Happy Karen Bass Day.
0:37.6	I love speaking to mayors because after years and years of speaking to politicians, I have been told by, I would say like the majority of politicians, that mayors have the most direct impact on your life. Like if you live in a city, a mayor has more of an
0:56.5	impact on your life than the president of your country does. And most people don't
0:59.8	think this. Most people are out there in the streets, especially in America.
1:03.2	I've noticed like in America it's all about national politics.
1:05.9	Christiana I feel like of all of us you have the highest stake in this conversation
1:09.4	because you are a resident of Los Angeles.
1:11.3	I do and you know I've had some experience with mayors.
1:15.4	Boris Johnson was the mayor of London and then became the Prime Minister so I have a lot of
1:22.2	feelings I've had the worst mayors I had to blast. became the Prime Minister. So I have a lot of feelings.
1:22.9	I've had the worst mayors.
1:24.3	I had De Blasio and Boris Johnson.
1:27.5	And Karen, I have no view of it right now
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