This week on The Issue Is, as voters head to the polls, Elex Michaelson sits down one last time with both candidates, businessman Rick Caruso and Congresswoman Karen Bass.
Elex also sits down with each candidates’ family, for an in-depth, and emotional conversation about the side of the candidates the public does not get to see.Perhaps one of the most high-profile, and definitely the most expensive, local races in the country is in Los Angeles, the race for Mayor., as voters head to the polls, Elex Michaelson sits down one last time with both candidates, developer Rick Caruso and Congresswoman Karen Bass.
First, Caruso, the conversation revolving around service, faith, abortion rights, and some of the many community projects Caruso has been involved in over the years, from the Para Los Ninos Early Education Center to Operation Progress, a mentorship program which pairs LAPD officers with 3rd graders in the Watts area - students in that program have a 100% high school graduation rate.
The discussion also focuses on Bass’ years of activism, from her time as nurse practitioner, to her founding of the Community Coalition, which continues to work to solve social and economic issues in South L.A."I love that he's really down to earth.
"A lot of my patients were homeless, or suffering, you know, as a crime victim. So a lot of the social issues that led to people being in the emergency room, I just had a burning desire to address why they were in the emergency room to begin with...