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My Take
Karen Bass is a study in the long game. From physician assistant to California Assembly Speaker to Congress and finally the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles, she climbed without skipping rungs, which earns my respect in a field full of shortcuts. The 2010 Profile in Courage Award hints at someone willing to take political heat for a principle. What moves me most is the homecoming arc: a daughter of Los Angeles returning to run it. Taking the helm of a sprawling, fractious city in your seventies takes real conviction, and I find that quietly admirable.
Overview
Karen Ruth Bass (; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, serving as speaker during her final term.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Karen Bass
- Name (Japanese)
- カレン・バス
- Reading
- かれん・ばす
- Born
- October 3, 1953 (age 72)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / physician assistant / academic staff
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Alexander Hamilton High School
- University
- California State University, Dominguez Hills
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Profile in Courage Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.karenbass.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/repkarenbass/
- Xhttps://x.com/RepKarenBass
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20Bass
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.