Karen Bass withdraws from Los Angeles mayor forum
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has withdrawn from the next City of Angels mayoral candidate forum just days after the last debate in which she took heat from opponent Spencer Pratt.
TL;DR
- Mayor Karen Bass withdrew from the City of Angels mayoral candidate forum.
- The forum hosts, League of Women Voters and Pat Brown Institute, expressed disappointment.
- Bass's campaign cited her need to be in Sacramento for funding advocacy and city-state partnership discussions.
- Opponent Spencer Pratt had previously declined an invitation to the forum.
- Pratt criticized Bass's response to the Pacific Palisades fires in the last debate.
- The primary election is scheduled for June 2.