“There’s More to Being a Democrat Than Just Registering”: The L.A. Mayor’s Race Is Tearing Hollywood Apart

In a city that typically falls in line behind one candidate, à la Biden vs. Trump, the Los Angeles mayor’s race between billionaire businessman Rick Caruso and six-term Congresswoman Karen Bass has Angelenos split. It’s a race that’s been consumed by sprawling homeless encampments, rising crime, and the growing lack of affordable housing—the worst of which befalls the city’s poorest residents. But it’s perhaps the fissures among Hollywood’s A-list and industry professionals that have given this local contest a national profile, as they fight a sociopolitical battle that’s come to define so many cities with widening inequalities, this time with… Read Full Article