Karen Bass: “I do not believe that it is rocket science to figure out how to deal with a burgeoning youth population.”

We're not concerned in terms of the fire spreading or anything like that. But we are concerned about the biohazard smoke. No smoke is good, but especially the smoke that could be toxic because of the chemicals that were needed to keep the…

I have devoted my entire life to serving the city that I love, where I was born, and I’m going to continue to do that all the way to victory in November.

Our efforts ultimately couldn't keep up with policies and funding cuts at the federal and state levels that pushed more people onto the streets.

We must rigorously examine whether our policies, training, tactics, supervision and accountability systems are sufficient.