Los Angeles Times owner dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong rejects Bass.
dr. Soon-Shiong called it a “mistake” that his paper endorsed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during an appearance on “2 ways” podcast Monday. LA Times confirmed by Bass during the mayoral election in 2022.
“At the LA Times, we endorsed Karen Bass, and right now I think that was a mistake, and we acknowledge that,” Soon-Shiong said.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said there is no animosity between President-elect Trump and the city. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Bass has come under intense scrutiny after the devastating wildfires that broke out in her town, burning more than 40,000 acres and killing 24 people. The mayor was criticized because he was first abandoned from the state when the fire broke out — she was in Ghana attends the inauguration of the country’s president.
When Bass finally returned to the city, she received even more backlash for refusing to answer questions from Sky News reporter Andrew Blevins and directing confused performance at the press conference this raised doubts about her ability to lead during the crisis.
“Emergency information, resources and shelter are available. It can all be found at a URL,” the mayor said in a widely mocked message to the public.
AND Change.org a petition to impeach Bass and criticize her as “grossly incompetent” has garnered over 123,000 signatures.
LA MAYOR KAREN BASS TOLD THE NY TIMES IN 2021 THAT SHE WILL NOT TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY AS MAYOR
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
“Water supplies have been severely strained, billions of taxpayer dollars have been misallocated or unaccounted for, and countless lives have been lost,” the petition stated.
“Competence matters,” Soon-Shiong told a podcast hosted by veteran political reporter Mark Halperin.
“We should think about how we actually elect people, based on whether they’ve actually run a business or whether they’ve actually made payroll. Instead of having political politicians whose only job is to run for office,” Soon-Shiong said, repeating the past criticism lashed out at California’s political establishment in the wake of the deadly wildfires.
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“You really need people to understand how this affects the man on the street. President Trump in this election has realized that. The Republican Party has become the Democratic Party in terms of solving the problem of the man on the street,” the owner told the LA Times.
