Karen Bass actually said...

I'm proud that the Justice in Policing Act promotes civilian oversight and allows Federal funding to go toward building civilian review boar...

We have to start by accepting that there is racial bias in our police system.

Civilian oversight boards build bridges between police and communities by giving the people a voice in the policies that affect them.

the mayor of Los Angeles defunded the police department. I just wanted to make note that he absolutely did not defund the police department.