Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Karen Bass breaks formal commitment to debate in Mayoral Forum

Karen Bass backs out of Los Angeles mayoral forum after signing commitment to attend

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass withdrew from a televised mayoral candidate forum scheduled for May 13 on FOX 11, just two weeks after she signed a document confirming she would be there.

The forum's co-sponsors, the League of Women Voters and the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, announced the pullout publicly and made clear they were not happy about it.

The withdrawal drew sharp criticism from organizers, who said voters deserved to see Bass face her opponents on live television during what they called "a period of extraordinary challenges" for the city. Her campaign offered a scheduling conflict as the reason. The timeline tells a different story.

Bass confirmed her attendance on April 22 by signing a formal commitment form for the 2026 Mayoral Candidate Forum. Organizers even posted a photograph of the signed document on Instagram.

Then, on May 7, her campaign pulled the plug, not because of a conflict flagged earlier, but with a blunt message relayed through a campaign consultant: they were "done with debates."

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who cares about California? Everything is going up in price. Everything! What is being done to lower prices?

"The price of tomatoes — tart bursts of flavor in salads and sandwiches — surged nearly 40 percent in April from a year earlier on a combination of bad weather, high tariffs and climbing transportation costs.

Overall, food prices in grocery stores rose 2.9 percent in April from a year earlier and were up 0.7 percent from March, according to the Consumer Price Index.

Fresh fruits and vegetables — perishable items that faced higher shipping and trucking costs as fuel prices surged in the past month — soared 6.5 percent in April from a year earlier."

Anonymous said...

It is just a few cents, you have tons of money, spend it, stop being so full of hate, TDS, negativity, and living in misery, what a flop you are!