Los Angeles picks mayor amid worry over crime, homelessness


              FILE - Rep. Karen Bass speaks during a mayoral debate at the Student Union Theater on the California State University, Los Angeles campus on May 1, 2022. Los Angeles voters are picking a new mayor amid widespread frustration with homelessness and crime. Twelve names are on the primary ballot but the contest has narrowed to a mostly two-person fight between Bass and billionaire Republican-turned-Democrat Rick Caruso.  (Ringo Chiu/Los Angeles Times via AP, File)
            
              FILE - U.S. Rep. Karen Bass smiles at a point made by businessman Rick Caruso during a mayoral debate, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles voters are picking a new mayor amid widespread frustration with homelessness and crime. Twelve names are on the primary ballot but the contest has narrowed to a mostly two-person fight between Bass and Caruso. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Businessman Rick Caruso waves at the start of a mayoral debate at the Student Union Theater on the California State University, Los Angeles campus on May 1, 2022. Los Angeles voters are picking a new mayor amid widespread frustration with homelessness and crime. Twelve names are on the primary ballot but the contest has narrowed to a mostly two-person fight between Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and Caruso. (Ringo Chiu/Los Angeles Times via AP, File)
Los Angeles picks mayor amid worry over crime, homelessness