Candidates for L.A. mayor took aim at developer Rick Caruso, who was absent from Tuesday night's debate. The event was interrupted several times by protesters.
Five leading candidates for mayor of Los Angeles squared off Tuesday night in the first televised debate of the campaign, but the most stinging barbs of the evening were directed at a sixth candidate who didn’t attend — billionaire and civic activist Rick Caruso.
“No one wants more cops in Los Angeles!” shouted one man, as most of the audience booed and called for order. That prompted one protester to respond: “You in this overwhelming white room are booing people of color! You are booing Black and brown people!” Buscaino has pledged to increase the LAPD to 11,000 officers, while Wilson said he would add 1,500 officers, to approach that mark. Feuer has called for a return to a 10,000-member force. Bass said she would add 200 officers to the current total and de León said he would maintain the ranks at present levels.
“It’s not progressive to let people die on the streets of L.A.,” De León said, who went on to claim that he’s created more housing opportunities than any other city council member since taking office.Some of the housing provided in De León’s downtown-area district is not permanent, but rather temporary shelter people use as they try to find long-term residences.
“None of these things happened on my watch,” Caruso said. “The payout of a billion dollars we did because we made the decision that terrible things happened before I was chair. We had to do right by the students who were harmed by this horrible doctor. We stood up to do the right thing.”
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