Karen Bass

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

and to develop the policies in collaboration with each other.

And I think that goes across the board, the business community, but also a neighborhood association on all levels.

When you involve people, when you collaborate, when you build coalitions,

That's the way you bring about true and lasting change versus imposing change and forcing change on a population that is not in the same place where you are.

And I think that that's a critical factor.