Karen Bass

in a different kind of way. It was clearly people who were in the White House who didn't have the experience. But I think that the people that are around the president now have the experience, studied and prepared for this over the years, and they have an agenda, and they are driving that agenda.

Well, and I'm really glad you brought that up because I think that one impact of Doge that people don't seem to be clued in with right now, when you see massive layoffs in federal agencies, well, those federal workers don't all work in Washington, DC. They work in Los Angeles too. We have over 50,000 federal workers in Washington, DC. And so, I mean, I'm sorry, in Los Angeles.

Well, and I'm really glad you brought that up because I think that one impact of Doge that people don't seem to be clued in with right now, when you see massive layoffs in federal agencies, well, those federal workers don't all work in Washington, DC. They work in Los Angeles too. We have over 50,000 federal workers in Washington, DC. And so, I mean, I'm sorry, in Los Angeles.

Well, and I'm really glad you brought that up because I think that one impact of Doge that people don't seem to be clued in with right now, when you see massive layoffs in federal agencies, well, those federal workers don't all work in Washington, DC. They work in Los Angeles too. We have over 50,000 federal workers in Washington, DC. And so, I mean, I'm sorry, in Los Angeles.

And so we're already our economy is already hit, which is why we have a big deficit in the city. But that is going to be an impact that we are not feeling today. But mark my words, we will be feeling it in coming weeks. One thing that's happening with the layoffs is that one day you're laid off. Two days later, the court says you're not. And it's been kind of back and forth.

And so we're already our economy is already hit, which is why we have a big deficit in the city. But that is going to be an impact that we are not feeling today. But mark my words, we will be feeling it in coming weeks. One thing that's happening with the layoffs is that one day you're laid off. Two days later, the court says you're not. And it's been kind of back and forth.

And so we're already our economy is already hit, which is why we have a big deficit in the city. But that is going to be an impact that we are not feeling today. But mark my words, we will be feeling it in coming weeks. One thing that's happening with the layoffs is that one day you're laid off. Two days later, the court says you're not. And it's been kind of back and forth.

And that's about what I was describing before, that sense of instability. I don't know the earth is moving. Do I have a job? Don't I have a job? Does my agency even exist? And then to hear Secretary Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, say that he's going to, I think he said he was going to reduce the workforce by 10,000 people.

And that's about what I was describing before, that sense of instability. I don't know the earth is moving. Do I have a job? Don't I have a job? Does my agency even exist? And then to hear Secretary Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, say that he's going to, I think he said he was going to reduce the workforce by 10,000 people.

And that's about what I was describing before, that sense of instability. I don't know the earth is moving. Do I have a job? Don't I have a job? Does my agency even exist? And then to hear Secretary Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, say that he's going to, I think he said he was going to reduce the workforce by 10,000 people.

So those layoffs will absolutely hit us in our local economy right here.

So those layoffs will absolutely hit us in our local economy right here.

So those layoffs will absolutely hit us in our local economy right here.

Right. That is very, very, very frightening. I saw the professor that was snatched off the street. I believe she was a professor back east just a couple of days ago. That then creates a climate of fear. But that fear, I mean, that is targeting people who protested on college campuses.

Right. That is very, very, very frightening. I saw the professor that was snatched off the street. I believe she was a professor back east just a couple of days ago. That then creates a climate of fear. But that fear, I mean, that is targeting people who protested on college campuses.

Right. That is very, very, very frightening. I saw the professor that was snatched off the street. I believe she was a professor back east just a couple of days ago. That then creates a climate of fear. But that fear, I mean, that is targeting people who protested on college campuses.

But the general sense of fear of what people remember from the first Trump administration is alive and well in Los Angeles. You know, I remember in the first Trump administration where kids wouldn't go to school because they were afraid of their parents not coming home. We haven't reached that point yet, but there is an absolute sense of fear. But let me just tell you how it's going to hit us.

But the general sense of fear of what people remember from the first Trump administration is alive and well in Los Angeles. You know, I remember in the first Trump administration where kids wouldn't go to school because they were afraid of their parents not coming home. We haven't reached that point yet, but there is an absolute sense of fear. But let me just tell you how it's going to hit us.

But the general sense of fear of what people remember from the first Trump administration is alive and well in Los Angeles. You know, I remember in the first Trump administration where kids wouldn't go to school because they were afraid of their parents not coming home. We haven't reached that point yet, but there is an absolute sense of fear. But let me just tell you how it's going to hit us.

We have not had massive ICE raids or anything like that in the city. ICE has been here. It's been very targeted in the sense that they were going after federal fugitives or people who had outstanding federal warrants for violent crimes. So it's been very targeted. But that chill that it sends through the community is palpable. But let me tell you how it's going to impact us if that should happen.