David Weigel

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De Leon and Bass praise Garcetti for passing the bond measure that put $1.2 billion into housing; both say he didn't handle homelessness enough. "When the Olympics come in 2024, and I'm mayor, there won't be any encampments," says Bass. — PolitiTweet.org

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Q: What's something LA did well and something you'd have done different? Buscaino says it's good Garcetti brought the Olympics, but "he lost sight of what was happening on the ground." — PolitiTweet.org

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"I'm the first candidate to come out and support this recall, because George Gascon has got to go," says Buscaino. "You see people who are in prison laughing at his policies." — PolitiTweet.org

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"I'm against the recall," says de Leon, "but he's going to have to do a hell of a lot better job." Caruso defends having donated to Gascon, who he knew he was elected DA, before pivoting to support recall: "He was a very different person." — PolitiTweet.org

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Caruso notes that he's donated to the Gascon recall effort. "George needs to listen. He clearly hasn't been." De Leon: "Recalls are a terrible waste of taxpayer dollars." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @seungminkim: Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ https://t.co/88BLcBNLHs — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bigblackjacobin: https://t.co/yC9fy4SbSY — PolitiTweet.org

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Bass asked about the Gascon recall effort; she opposes it and says he can be moved to change. "When he said there was no bail for misdemeanors, I said that was a real problem... the idea that juveniles would get off scott free for a DUI worries me." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @foster_type: GAME CHANGE: DOUBLE DOWN: THE VIBE SHIFT. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bass, who supports restoring pre-2020 police levels: "We've divested from communities, we've shredded the social safety net, and then we dump everything on the police... not every community wants an increased police presence." — PolitiTweet.org

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"You were against funding the police," says Caruso; moderators stop de Leon from interrupting. De Leon: "I've never, in any way shape or form, supported defund the police." Buscaino: "I'm the only candidate on this stage who's worn a badge." — PolitiTweet.org

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De Leon whacks at Caruso's police promise: "To quote Joe Biden, that's a bunch of malarkey." "What they're not telling you is that they have to raise taxes a billion dollars." — PolitiTweet.org

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More Caruso: "We're 500 officers short thanks to our career politicians... I stand with our president, Joe Biden, who said let's fund the police." — PolitiTweet.org

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They don't give 1-10 numbers, and neither does Caruso, who talks about crime falling during his presidency of the Los Angeles Police Commission: "I can do it again." Bass: "I do feel safe. I would say a 10. But a lot of people don't feel safe and I respect that." — PolitiTweet.org

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Q: On 1-10 scale how safe do you feel in LA? De Leon: 7, “but it’s relative to every angeleno depending on their neighborhood and the color of their skin.” Feuer: “I typically feel safe.” Buscaino: “I voted against defunding LAPD," will "refund" it as mayor. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buscaino goes back at Bass: "Is it criminalizing poverty to offer people services? Is it criminalizing poverty to allow people to sit in human filth, to sit in human waste?" — PolitiTweet.org

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Caruso defends his promise to use police to move homeless people off the streets and into shelters after they're offered resources. "You should never criminalize poverty," says Bass, "but there are some things you shouldn't do on the street, and sleeping is one of them." — PolitiTweet.org

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Mike Feuer: Pop-up locations for homeless resources. — PolitiTweet.org

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Caruso takes a chance to hit Buscaino after Buscaino sarcastically thanked him for coming. "I don't know how you quantify success when the problem's gotten worse under your leadership." — PolitiTweet.org

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Rick Caruso: 30,000 beds in first year, read my plan for more details. "They're living in their own waste, it's a terrible situation." Joe Buscaino: "40% of the homeless are now housed in my district." 9000 "immediate shelter beds" in his first 60 days, and a no-camping law. — PolitiTweet.org

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First Q is homelessness. Karen Bass: House 15,000 people in her first year, appoint a "housing chief" to deal with "a public health and public safety emergency." Kevin de Leon: I've already built the biggest tiny home community in the country, we need federal resources. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KarlBode: just absolute gibberish https://t.co/yqdeeX3I3Z — PolitiTweet.org

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A bunch of forums have been disrupted by protesters, often challenging the candidates on their crime and homelessness policies. To get into this one, you had to go through USC and show proof of vaccination. — PolitiTweet.org

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Monday's debate in #OHSen had a bunch of exchanges about the Mandel-Gibbons face-off, and this was by far the strangest. https://t.co/VdTwrGH6ox https://t.co/n5DE2ObJT2 — PolitiTweet.org

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On the USC campus for the first big LA mayoral debate - televised and with Rick Caruso, who skipped other forums, including last night’s homelessness forum that got disrupted after 28 minutes. Here is a bad photo of campus https://t.co/1bJqgZkK01 — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias Damn it, I just came to the replies to ask "but what if he held a hip-hop BBQ to find the best candidate?" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MNateShyamalan: made myself physically ill imagining a guy using these as he eats doritos — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TylerDinucci: "Don't Say Gay" is very effective branding (kudos to whoever came up with it, seriously) but it's also not exactly what t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Folks, read the dang newsletter https://t.co/VdTwrGH6ox https://t.co/FJIBWuJWkD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @teddyschleifer: Vegas-moving scoop — The Arkansas Men’s Basketball team is eating some unhealthy looking grilled cheeses just 24 hour… — PolitiTweet.org