Karen Bass walks through fire. And gets burned.
By Robert Greene
She came in as the consensus-builder L.A. needed. After the fires, even her allies kept their distance.
It was her job. As head of the House panel on Africa policy, the congresswoman was investigating violence in the Southeast African nation in order to inform Congress and President Biden on the situation.
Half a world away, Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was speaking to the Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum about the moral urgency of the city’s homelessness crisis. He then made a surprise announcement: He would remain on the council to focus on the problem. He would not run for mayor.
