The attack against the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass after the dramatic fires has placed her in a vulnerable situation, after the serious crisis took her by surprise in Ghana when she was making her fifth international journey.
It is known that the progressive movement is looking for a candidate who can give them the fight when they try for re-election next year; and many wonder if his former opponent, Rick Caruso, would come for a rematch. The mall businessman raised $20 million for the Fire Department Foundation to purchase equipment to help save lives.
And here comes the interesting thing: the mayor has realized the pit she has fallen into, and has turned to her political allies to save her. The president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Unions, Yvonne Wheeler, and even the international firefighters union headed by Frank Lima, another union of theater employees and two more representing service workers have publicly come out to clean him up. the image, splashed by fire. The campaign to remove blame for the fires is underway. First stop, the unions.
The City’s budget problems, which will be aggravated by the expenses of the feared fires, will not help him in his quest to regain his lost popularity.
And things have gotten so bad that the devastation caused by the fires prompted Councilwoman Traci Park to resign as chair of the Los Angeles Council’s 2028 Olympics Committee to dedicate herself full time to recovery efforts. as president of the Special Committee on Recovery newly formed by the councilors.
Rob Bonta rises
Contrary to Bass, the figure of California prosecutor Rob Bonta has risen to the skies with the arrival of the anti-immigrant hurricane Donald Trump to the White House. And no politician in California, nor Governor Gavin Newsom himself nor Mayor Bass, has been as open and vocal as the prosecutor after the avalanche of anti-immigrant measures by the new president..
Bonta, who immigrated as a child with his parents from the Philippines to California, immediately sued the Trump administration over its executive order that wants to end birthright US citizenship.
The opportunity to make his name better known in the state comes when time is short for him to decide whether or not to enter the Democratic race for governor.
De León opens fire
Former councilman Kevin de León reappeared on the scene, publishing on site
De León, author of the Sanctuary Law he introduced when he was a senator, said he made sure this legislation survived the most rigorous legal challenges, even winning approval from the Supreme Court in the early Trump era.
De León tagged in his comment Prosecutor Bonta, who defended SB 54 against a Justice Department memo that calls on prosecutors to prosecute those who do not participate in federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Without delay, Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley responded to De León, telling him that he introduced a bill to prevent California from going after local officials who do not comply with SB 54.
Kiley’s plan is to end the Sanctuary State in California and MediCal for undocumented immigrants.
All of this becomes more relevant following the announcement that Huntington Beach in Orange County has just declared itself a Non-Sanctuary City and filed a lawsuit against California’s Sanctuary State law.