To Live and Die on Camera in Karen Bass's LA
The Los Angeles mayoral race features candidates Nithya Raman and Karen Bass amidst a backdrop of increasing homelessness and urban decay. Raman, who has been criticized for her handling of the homelessness issue, faces scrutiny after a fake encampment was set up outside her home. Meanwhile, Spencer Pratt emerges as a potential candidate, motivated by personal experiences and a desire for change in the city.
- ▪Nithya Raman is the District Four City Councilwoman running for mayor of Los Angeles.
- ▪A fake encampment was set up outside Raman's home, prompting her to express concern for her children.
- ▪Karen Bass is another candidate, criticized for her response to the city's homelessness crisis.
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To Live and Die on Camera in Karen Bass's LA Beege Welborn 5:15 PM | May 31, 2026 AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes There's an old saying that sometimes life imitates fiction, and it couldn't be truer than in the current Los Angeles mayoral race.You have a dystopian cityscape - filthy, covered with the refuse of society, both human and their waste - that looks as if it were created for a movie set. It's dark, squalid. Hopelessness permeates the air, even if there's nary a warm body in sight. If there is one, that body is surrounded by the all-enveloping putridity, from the rags that cover it to the sidewalk where it defecates, and then lies to sleep, or drapes in half - the fentanyl fold. Vermin scamper nearby or pause to nibble. Bit players in a tragedy.
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