SEE IT: LA Dem candidates torched by disgusted residents after ‘disgraceful’ debate: ‘Both bad’
Los Angeles’ Democratic mayoral candidates were torched by residents after a debate night in America’s second-most populous city that one voter described as "disgraceful." Besides being home to Hollywood, Los Angeles is one of America’s most economically important cities.
The city, however, has struggled with recent fires, rising living costs, homelessness and outmigration.
Those problems have fueled a particularly contentious mayoral race this year, which included a surprisingly competitive but ultimately unsuccessful bid by Republican Spencer Pratt .
With Pratt out of the race, Democrats Karen Bass, the incumbent, and Nithya Raman, a democratic socialist city council member, are locked in a competitive and bitter runoff for Los Angeles mayor.
During last week’s debate, Bass and Raman traded personal attacks and insults, leaving some voters frustrated over what solutions the candidates could offer.
After the debate, voter Stacey Segarra Bohlinger told Fox News Digital she believes Bass and Raman are "both bad" and said, "I wish they could both lose." ‘SEND HELP’: LA GOP LEADER ISSUES DESPERATE APPEAL AFTER DEM MAYOR’S CAMPAIGN VID SHOCKS VIEWERS Bohlinger, who until July served as a committee member on the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council, said that although she was initially "a huge champion" for Raman, "I don't see substantive differences between the two of them." Bohlinger said Raman "reneged on a lot of the initial campaign promises she made" and also criticized the councilwoman’s approach to homelessness, which she described as "a very capitalist approach to what she thinks solving the issue of homelessness is." Regarding criticism of Bass, Bohlinger said, "I also agree with a lot of what said about the city not being in a good place right now." "She responded really terribly to the Palisades fires .
She did not respond well to the Lineage fires," she said, concluding, "I don't have much good to say about either of them." Asked about her top issue, Bohlinger said the Los Angeles government "has a long sort of history of immense corruption." TRUMP ADMINISTRATION YANKS FUNDING FROM LA HOMELESS AGENCY AMID EXPLOSIVE FRAUD PROBE: 'NECESSARY STEP' "If you look up, you know, recent Los Angeles officials who have conviction records for corruption , it's a really long list.
So, I think along with the housing affordability issue [is] accessibility, transparency, more accountability, less corruption," she said, adding, "We have a lot of sort of political dynasties in the city, and I think that's a real fly in the ointment.
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