Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announces her 2026 reelection bid

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced plans to seek reelection in 2026, telling supporters in an email that being mayor has been “the honor of a lifetime” and that “we cannot afford to stop our momentum.”

Bass is about a year-and-a-half into her first term as L.A.’s 43rd mayor. She made history in 2022 when she became the first female mayor and only the second Black mayor in the city’s history.

A former California state Assemblymember and member of the U.S. Congress who will turn 71 in October...