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Karen Bass

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Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

We collaborate on a daily basis.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

I set up an office of major events to handle all of the events.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

The culmination, of course, is the Olympics and the Paralympics.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

But we have the World Cup, the U.S.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

Open for golf for women.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

We have the Super Bowl.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

All of those things are happening before we get to the Olympics.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

And so we continue to work together.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

The decision whether Casey Wasserman stays was up to the board.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

They've made their decision.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

My role is to make sure that the city of Los Angeles is ready to welcome

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

thousands, tens of thousands of visitors from around the world, and that all of the venues that take place in the city of LA are prepared.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

Well, let me just tell you that one thing that has been very enjoyable about being mayor is that we are all in conversation and collaborate with each other and look at each other's experience.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

So actually, my view of San Francisco started with the former mayor,

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

london breed who really focused on ai she said she wanted it to be the ai capital of the world and i see how he has continued that and i'm sure he will expand it even further looking at his ties in the business community now you know san francisco is a much much much smaller

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

city than Los Angeles is.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

We are so big, 500 square miles, that we don't have one big industry.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

I mean, the entertainment industry, of course, is a rock, but so are several other industries as well.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

Absolutely.

Bloomberg Talks
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Talks Public Transit

Well, I ran because Los Angeles was the epicenter for the country in homelessness, especially street homelessness.