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Karen Bass was sworn in as the mayor of Los Angeles on Sunday, becoming the first woman in the role.
Bass, a Democrat who was a longtime Congresswoman, secured 54.8% of the vote in November. She begins her term amid an intensifying homelessness crisis and a shake-up in city council, after three members were caught on tape having a racist conversation.
In October, recordings from a 2021 meeting were made public, in which then-Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and Councilmen Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León were conversing about redistricting and made several racist remarks about Black residents.
