Kamala Harris gave Bass, the first female mayor of Los Angeles, the oath of office and Stevie Wonder gave a surprise performance
Karen Ruth Bass, a former physician assistant who shattered glass ceilings with her rise to a leadership post in the California legislature and later a prominent spot in Congress, took a ceremonial oath of office Sunday as mayor of Los Angeles.
A progressive Democrat, Bass becomes the first woman and second Black person to hold the city’s top job and will formally assume her duties Monday amid multiple crises in the nation’s second most populous city.
Continue reading…Kamala Harris gave Bass, the first female mayor of Los Angeles, the oath of office and Stevie Wonder gave a surprise performanceKaren Ruth Bass, a former physician assistant who shattered glass ceilings with her rise to a leadership post in the California legislature and later a prominent spot in Congress, took a ceremonial oath of office Sunday as mayor of Los Angeles.A progressive Democrat, Bass becomes the first woman and second Black person to hold the city’s top job and will formally assume her duties Monday amid multiple crises in the nation’s second most populous city. Continue reading…