Karen Bass

And since then, there has been no problem at all.

Now, what the president did, the protests started on Saturday.

What the president did is that he said that he was able to bring calm to the city by bringing the National Guard here on Saturday.

The National Guard didn't even arrive until Sunday.

Their sole mission was to stand in front of two federal buildings.

They were never involved in crowd control.

They never played a role in bringing peace to the city.

And, you know, we have a situation in our country now where truth and science are basically opinions, have been devolved into opinions.

And so I was listening to him this morning talking about how

What was happening in the Palisades, no permits were issued, and all of these other things, the water in Central California.

I mean, just utter, utter nonsense.

Stuff that is not even, it's not an exaggeration or an embellishment.

It is 100% fiction.

But you can do that now, and it can be carried as news.

Whereas in the past, it wouldn't even be carried because it was so absurd.

So I think it's been very important that I constantly am out communicating what is real and essentially painting the picture of this is Los Angeles, 500 square miles, one square mile where there's protests.

Exactly.

Right, absolutely.

But, you know, that's a two-way street.

And so it's my responsibility also to reach out and to be inclusive and to not develop policies without bringing the people who are most impacted by those policies to the table and