“I’m getting the job,” he says with a grin before sitting down to detail his vision for the future of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles in an interview withThe real estate developer who is behind such retail destinations as the Grove and Glendale’s the Americana is vying against Congresswomanfor the job of leading the nation’s second largest city at a time when L.A. is beset with crises — most acutely, the growing ranks of the unhoused.
In an Oct. 2 Los Angeles Times/UC Berkeley Institute of Government Studies poll, Bass leads Caruso among registered voters with a slim margin of 34% to Caruso’s 31%, which marks a big shift from the wider lead that Bass enjoyed in August. However, among likely voters, Bass still leads by a strong margin, 46% to 31%.
On the question of where to start to address L.A.’s homelessness problem, Caruso acknowledged that there are no easy solutions or pithy 10-point plans to quickly alleviate the humanitarian nightmare. But he has strong opinions on the policy decisions that led to the proliferation of encampments across the city.
Not if we can help it.
He knows we’ve had enough corruption at the LA City Hall to last 10 lifetimes. We don’t need another career politician on the take.
Sounds like he has great ideas to bring production and jobs back to LA - not to mention cleaning up crime and homelessness,which we desperately need. Yeah I’m liberal and he’s got my vote. LA is a mess and it’s scary, it’s time for a change.carusocan
He's that confident? Does he know something we don't?
We don't need a billionaire Republican who is anti-choice as Mayor of Los Angeles.
He lives rent free in my head which is a great deal in LA, which is unaffordable due to folks like him