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Wasserman Loses LA Mayor’s Support For LA28 Job Over Epstein Files Revelations: “He Should Step Down”
PoliticsNYTSCMPThe Independent+4Yahoovarietyhollywood-reporterdeadline1mo ago7 sources

Wasserman Loses LA Mayor’s Support For LA28 Job Over Epstein Files Revelations: “He Should Step Down”

Karen Bass can’t fire Casey Wasserman as the head of Los Angeles’ 2028 Olympic Games, but she wants the soon-to-be former agency boss out ASAP. “My opinion is, is that he should step down,” LA Mayor Bass said this Presidents’ Day on CNN. “That’s not the opinion of the board,” the reelection seeking incumbent added […]

The next Mamdani? Progressive Nithya Raman shakes up LA mayor’s race
PoliticsThe Guardian1mo ago

The next Mamdani? Progressive Nithya Raman shakes up LA mayor’s race

Highly rated councilmember makes last-minute entry after endorsing former ally Karen Bass – can she build a campaign to win? Nithya Raman, a progressive urban planner, entered Los Angeles politics with a bang when she was elected to city council in 2020, defeating an incumbent Democrat endorsed by Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton. More than five years on, the 44-year-old is making waves again with her last-minute entry into the LA mayoral race. Raman filed to run just hours before the deadlin...