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Karen Bass: ““I am so profoundly sorry that I was not in my city when my city needed me.””

On the recordNovember 2, 2026
“I am so profoundly sorry that I was not in my city when my city needed me.”
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Apologizing for her absence during the Palisades fires.

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