The Los Angeles mayor-elect takes over a city facing an unprecedented housing and homelessness crisis.
in 1990. The group sought to close down liquor stores Bass saw as harming her South L.A. community. It also lobbied against discriminatory crack cocaine laws.
To Bishop Craig Worsham of the Agape Church of Los Angeles, she is an inspiring leader. He recalls Bass working with First AME Church, where he attended with his family.unique combination of humility and assertiveness to get things done. “She brings people together,” he told LAist.Bass has spent the last 12 years in Congress, experience that will help her get federal dollars for building housing and helping unhoused people, said businessman Steve Soboroff, a member of her transition team.
“They’re going to try to limit zoning allowance increases in their districts and they’re usually pretty successful and fairly rigid on that,” said Michael Lens, a UCLA associate professor of urban planning and public policy.