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City of Los Angeles
Karen Bass
Mayor of Los Angeles
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
14
/ 100
F
Raw: 2 of 14 dynamic max
· 7 of 30 answered
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,077 of 8,966 · bottom 43.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
June 2, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-19
Early voting: 2026-10-06 – 2026-11-03 (All-mail state — ballots mailed to every voter)
Elections office: (916) 657-2166
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State elections site: California Secretary of State — Elections Division
Official Profile
Religion: Baptist (per Wikipedia biographical only — no Christian-public-profession event on mayoral dais → christian_liberty cells NULL per cite-only).
Education: Physician Assistant program; B.A. Philosophy + clinical-instructor work USC Keck School of Medicine.
Background: Founded Community Coalition (anti-crack-epidemic / South LA community-organizing nonprofit) 1990. PRIOR OFFICE: CA State Assembly 2004-2010 (CA-47); CA Assembly SPEAKER 2008-2010 (FIRST BLACK WOMAN STATE SPEAKER IN US HISTORY); US House CA-33 then CA-37 2011-2022. Considered for VP 2020. SWORN IN as LA Mayor December 12 2022 — same day issued Declaration of Local Emergency on homelessness + Executive Directive 1 affordable housing accelerator + Executive Directive 2 'Inside Safe' encampment-clearing program. CURRENT term through 2026; 2026 reelection cycle unverified-in-pass. FAMILY: married Jesus Lechuga 1980-1986 (divorced); biological daughter Emilia + 4 stepchildren; daughter Emilia + son-in-law Michael Wright killed 2006 car crash.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: 43rd LA Mayor since December 12 2022; CURRENT term through 2026 (reelection cycle 2026 unverified-in-pass). PARTY confirmed D. RELIGION: Baptist biographical only — no mayoral-dais Christian-public-profession event → christian_liberty NULL per cite-only. FEDERAL-record FLOOR per LOCAL discipline: most US House CA-33/CA-37 floor votes 2011-2022 do NOT score for LOCAL mayoral cells unless ratified by mayoral action — federal NARAL 100% + Planned Parenthood 100% + Everytown + HRC 100% lifetime NOT scored at LOCAL. 5 HARD FALSE + 1 HARD TRUE LOCAL profile (heterodox-D HIGH-VALUE on public_justice axis): sanctity_of_life q1 FALSE from mayoral LA reproductive-rights march WITH VP Kamala Harris explicitly headlined as pro-abortion-rights mayoral advocacy (NBC LA) + NARAL-endorsed mayoral candidate + Keep LA Pro-Choice mayoral petition — LOCAL mayoral public-advocacy event ratifies federal pro-choice record on q1 abortion-abolition-advocacy axis. biblical_marriage q2 FALSE from sustained mayoral support for 'protecting access to gender-affirming care' for trans youth + April 2024 mayoral visit to TransLatin@ Coalition (TransLatin@ Coalition direct documentation) + LA Transgender Advisory Council maintained under her tenure — direction: affirmative trans-ideology support at mayoral level. biblical_marriage q4 FALSE from June 4 2024 SIGNED Council motion to fly Pride Flag over LA City Hall for FIRST TIME IN HISTORY (mayor.lacity.gov direct documentation) with quote 'now more than ever, we must stand together' — historic-first affirmative LGBTQ+ promotion in public policy. economic_stewardship q2 FALSE from $1B FY25-26 deficit + initially proposed 1,600+ layoffs then walked back + $1B/4-yr LAPD raise contract Dec 2023 + Inside Safe Executive Directive 2 sustained spending + ED 1 affordable-housing accelerator (LAist + The Center Square + LA Public Press) — pattern of deficit growth not structural reform; opposes deficit-spending-restraint framework. border_immigration q1 FALSE from cash-aid-to-illegal-immigrants proposal July 2025 (signalscv) — direction: institutionalized municipal migrant-aid infrastructure opposing mandatory-deportation framework. border_immigration q2 FALSE from Dec 9 2024 SIGNED Ordinance 188441 codifying LA as sanctuary city explicitly 'prohibits use of any City resources, personnel, property and data to support federal immigration enforcement' + July 11 2025 Executive Directive 17/12 banning ICE from staging on city property + Immigrant Affairs Liaisons + Abbott migrant-bus 'abhorrent' framing — affirmative sanctuary posture against ICE cooperation. public_justice q0 HARD TRUE — HIGH BAR CLEARED: SIGNED $1B/4-yr LAPD raise package Dec 2023 + FY24-25 +$138M LAPD + FY25-26 $3.3B LAPD allocation + restored hiring levels with funding for 240 additional recruits + on-dais sought-the-raises rationale 'to better recruit and retain officers' (ABC7) — affirmative back-the-blue advocacy documented by LA Public Press headline 'Karen Bass went from fighting cops to funding them while LA's budget burns' verifying the reversal from prior defund-adjacent rhetoric. NOT scored sanctity_of_life q0/q2/q3/q4 (no conception/embryonic-stem-cell/euthanasia/PP-PAC statement at mayoral level beyond fed-record-FLAG), biblical_marriage q0/q1/q3 (no marriage-definition/civil-unions/no-fault-divorce statement at mayoral level), family_child_sovereignty q0-q4 (LAUSD relationship with Sup Carvalho is fire-recovery-coordination only — no mayoral school-choice/parental-notification/CRT/age-verification/faith-adoption statement located), christian_liberty q0-q4 (Baptist biographical only — no mayoral-dais Christian-public-profession or conscience-exemption defense statement located), economic_stewardship q0/q1/q3/q4 (no CBDC/sound-money/usury/ESG-opposition statement), election_integrity q0-q4 (City Clerk runs LA municipal elections — mayoral cells N/A per LOCAL discipline; no Bass election-administration statement located), public_justice q1/q2/q3/q4 (no anti-cashless-bail/anti-Soros-DA/anti-public-health-excuse statement — Bass did NOT endorse Hochman against Gascón; that was Caruso), refuse_state_overreach q0-q4 (Bass opposes Trump from LEFT — National Guard deployment June 2025 + Marines deployment + opposes Newsom from LEFT — encampment-clearing order; NEITHER maps to Christian-conservative-coded state-overreach refusal vector → NULL per cite-only rubric; June 2024 floated 'mask ban' for protesters in Jewish-leader context = mayoral hint not state-overreach refusal), border_immigration q0/q3/q4 (no physical-barrier/E-Verify/birthright-citizenship statement at mayoral level), self_defense q0-q4 (no LA-mayoral 2A-affirmative action located; Federal Everytown/Moms-Demand endorsement is FEDERAL FLAG not LOCAL), foreign_policy_restraint + industry_capture + refuse_federal_overreach (mayoral-rare). Sole-non-budget crisis-leadership negative signal (Jan 4-8 2025 Ghana trip during Palisades Fire Jan 7 ignition + 'It was a mistake to travel' admission per ABC7) does NOT map cleanly to any rubric cell → narrative-only flag for Adam review. Net 5 HARD FALSE + 1 HARD TRUE on cited cells; HETEROODOX-D HIGH-VALUE on public_justice axis — Bass is the cleanest LOCAL-tier mayoral 'defund-to-fund' reversal located in this cycle's CA cluster. Recommend revisiting after FY26-27 LAPD budget cycle + 2nd-Trump-term ICE-enforcement posture stabilizes + 2026 reelection-cycle posture verification.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
FALSE (0)[7]
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Not yet verified
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
Not yet verified
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
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- [1]HARD: As LA Mayor, headlined LA reproductive-rights march WITH VP Kamala Harris explicitly to 'stand with abortion rights' — LOCAL mayoral public-advocacy event ratifying federal pro-choice record on advocates-abortion-abolition axis. NARAL-endorsed mayoral candidate + Keep LA Pro-Choice mayoral petition active as mayor. Direction: actively advocates AGAINST abortion abolition framework. Unclassified
HARD: As LA Mayor, headlined LA reproductive-rights march WITH VP Kamala Harris explicitly to 'stand with abortion rights' — LOCAL mayoral public-advocacy event ratifying federal pro-choice record on advocates-abortion-abolition axis. NARAL-endorsed mayoral candidate + Keep LA Pro-Choice mayoral petition active as mayor. Direction: actively advocates AGAINST abortion abolition framework.
- [2]HARD: Sustained mayoral support for 'protecting access to gender-affirming care' for trans youth + April 2024 mayoral visit to TransLatin@ Coalition documented as 'a step forward in advocacy' + LA Transgender Advisory Council maintained under her tenure. Direction: affirmative trans-ideology support at mayoral level. Unclassified
HARD: Sustained mayoral support for 'protecting access to gender-affirming care' for trans youth + April 2024 mayoral visit to TransLatin@ Coalition documented as 'a step forward in advocacy' + LA Transgender Advisory Council maintained under her tenure. Direction: affirmative trans-ideology support at mayoral level.
- [3]HARD: June 4 2024 SIGNED Council motion to fly Pride Flag over LA City Hall for FIRST TIME IN HISTORY with on-dais quote 'now more than ever, we must stand together.' Direction: historic-first affirmative LGBTQ+ promotion in public policy at mayoral level. Official
HARD: June 4 2024 SIGNED Council motion to fly Pride Flag over LA City Hall for FIRST TIME IN HISTORY with on-dais quote 'now more than ever, we must stand together.' Direction: historic-first affirmative LGBTQ+ promotion in public policy at mayoral level.
- [4]HARD: $1B FY25-26 deficit driven by 'overspending, costly liability payouts, lower tax revenues, labor contracts and fire recovery' + initially proposed 1,600+ layoffs then walked back + $1B/4-yr LAPD raise contract Dec 2023 + Inside Safe Executive Directive 2 sustained spending + ED 1 affordable-housing accelerator. Direction: pattern of deficit growth not structural reform; opposes deficit-spending-restraint framework. Unclassified
HARD: $1B FY25-26 deficit driven by 'overspending, costly liability payouts, lower tax revenues, labor contracts and fire recovery' + initially proposed 1,600+ layoffs then walked back + $1B/4-yr LAPD raise contract Dec 2023 + Inside Safe Executive Directive 2 sustained spending + ED 1 affordable-housing accelerator. Direction: pattern of deficit growth not structural reform; opposes deficit-spending-restraint framework.
- [5]HARD: $1B FY25-26 deficit driven by 'overspending, costly liability payouts, lower tax revenues, labor contracts and fire recovery' + initially proposed 1,600+ layoffs then walked back + $1B/4-yr LAPD raise contract Dec 2023 + Inside Safe Executive Directive 2 sustained spending + ED 1 affordable-housing accelerator. Direction: pattern of deficit growth not structural reform; opposes deficit-spending-restraint framework. Unclassified
HARD: $1B FY25-26 deficit driven by 'overspending, costly liability payouts, lower tax revenues, labor contracts and fire recovery' + initially proposed 1,600+ layoffs then walked back + $1B/4-yr LAPD raise contract Dec 2023 + Inside Safe Executive Directive 2 sustained spending + ED 1 affordable-housing accelerator. Direction: pattern of deficit growth not structural reform; opposes deficit-spending-restraint framework.
- [6]HARD: $1B FY25-26 deficit driven by 'overspending, costly liability payouts, lower tax revenues, labor contracts and fire recovery' + initially proposed 1,600+ layoffs then walked back + $1B/4-yr LAPD raise contract Dec 2023 + Inside Safe Executive Directive 2 sustained spending + ED 1 affordable-housing accelerator. Direction: pattern of deficit growth not structural reform; opposes deficit-spending-restraint framework. Official
HARD: $1B FY25-26 deficit driven by 'overspending, costly liability payouts, lower tax revenues, labor contracts and fire recovery' + initially proposed 1,600+ layoffs then walked back + $1B/4-yr LAPD raise contract Dec 2023 + Inside Safe Executive Directive 2 sustained spending + ED 1 affordable-housing accelerator. Direction: pattern of deficit growth not structural reform; opposes deficit-spending-restraint framework.
- [7]HARD: July 2025 proposed cash-aid-to-illegal-immigrants program per signalscv coverage of ED 12/17 sanctuary signing. Direction: institutionalized municipal migrant-aid infrastructure opposing mandatory-deportation framework at mayoral level. Unclassified
HARD: July 2025 proposed cash-aid-to-illegal-immigrants program per signalscv coverage of ED 12/17 sanctuary signing. Direction: institutionalized municipal migrant-aid infrastructure opposing mandatory-deportation framework at mayoral level.
- [8]HARD multi-vector: Dec 9 2024 SIGNED Ordinance 188441 codifying LA as sanctuary city explicitly 'prohibits use of any City resources, personnel, property and data to support federal immigration enforcement' + July 11 2025 Executive Directive 17/12 banning ICE from staging on city property + Immigrant Affairs Liaisons + Abbott migrant-bus arrivals called 'abhorrent' Dec 2022 + June 2025 publicly opposed ICE raids + Trump federal deployment. Direction: affirmative sanctuary posture against ICE cooperation at mayoral level. Official
HARD multi-vector: Dec 9 2024 SIGNED Ordinance 188441 codifying LA as sanctuary city explicitly 'prohibits use of any City resources, personnel, property and data to support federal immigration enforcement' + July 11 2025 Executive Directive 17/12 banning ICE from staging on city property + Immigrant Affairs Liaisons + Abbott migrant-bus arrivals called 'abhorrent' Dec 2022 + June 2025 publicly opposed ICE raids + Trump federal deployment. Direction: affirmative sanctuary posture against ICE cooperation at mayoral level.
- [9]HARD multi-vector: Dec 9 2024 SIGNED Ordinance 188441 codifying LA as sanctuary city explicitly 'prohibits use of any City resources, personnel, property and data to support federal immigration enforcement' + July 11 2025 Executive Directive 17/12 banning ICE from staging on city property + Immigrant Affairs Liaisons + Abbott migrant-bus arrivals called 'abhorrent' Dec 2022 + June 2025 publicly opposed ICE raids + Trump federal deployment. Direction: affirmative sanctuary posture against ICE cooperation at mayoral level. Unclassified
HARD multi-vector: Dec 9 2024 SIGNED Ordinance 188441 codifying LA as sanctuary city explicitly 'prohibits use of any City resources, personnel, property and data to support federal immigration enforcement' + July 11 2025 Executive Directive 17/12 banning ICE from staging on city property + Immigrant Affairs Liaisons + Abbott migrant-bus arrivals called 'abhorrent' Dec 2022 + June 2025 publicly opposed ICE raids + Trump federal deployment. Direction: affirmative sanctuary posture against ICE cooperation at mayoral level.
- [10]HARD multi-vector: Dec 9 2024 SIGNED Ordinance 188441 codifying LA as sanctuary city explicitly 'prohibits use of any City resources, personnel, property and data to support federal immigration enforcement' + July 11 2025 Executive Directive 17/12 banning ICE from staging on city property + Immigrant Affairs Liaisons + Abbott migrant-bus arrivals called 'abhorrent' Dec 2022 + June 2025 publicly opposed ICE raids + Trump federal deployment. Direction: affirmative sanctuary posture against ICE cooperation at mayoral level. Unclassified
HARD multi-vector: Dec 9 2024 SIGNED Ordinance 188441 codifying LA as sanctuary city explicitly 'prohibits use of any City resources, personnel, property and data to support federal immigration enforcement' + July 11 2025 Executive Directive 17/12 banning ICE from staging on city property + Immigrant Affairs Liaisons + Abbott migrant-bus arrivals called 'abhorrent' Dec 2022 + June 2025 publicly opposed ICE raids + Trump federal deployment. Direction: affirmative sanctuary posture against ICE cooperation at mayoral level.
- [11]HARD HIGH-BAR CLEARED: SIGNED $1B/4-yr LAPD raise package Dec 2023 + FY24-25 +$138M LAPD + FY25-26 $3.3B LAPD allocation + restored hiring levels with funding for 240 additional recruits + on-dais sought-the-raises rationale 'to better recruit and retain officers' — affirmative back-the-blue advocacy documented by LA Public Press headline 'Karen Bass went from fighting cops to funding them while LA's budget burns' verifying the reversal from prior defund-adjacent rhetoric. Direction: publicly backed law enforcement and reversed defund-adjacent posture. Unclassified
HARD HIGH-BAR CLEARED: SIGNED $1B/4-yr LAPD raise package Dec 2023 + FY24-25 +$138M LAPD + FY25-26 $3.3B LAPD allocation + restored hiring levels with funding for 240 additional recruits + on-dais sought-the-raises rationale 'to better recruit and retain officers' — affirmative back-the-blue advocacy documented by LA Public Press headline 'Karen Bass went from fighting cops to funding them while LA's budget burns' verifying the reversal from prior defund-adjacent rhetoric. Direction: publicly backed law enforcement and reversed defund-adjacent posture.
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