Clockwise from bottom left: Rev. Rae Huang, Adam Miller, Rick Caruso, Mayor Karen Bass, Austin Beutner, Councilmember Nithya Raman, Lindsey Horvath and Spencer Pratt. (Photo illustration by Changyu Zou 2026, Levy Creative Management, NYC | Getty Images)
MONDAY, FEB. 2
Things finally seemed to be breaking the right way for Mayor Karen Bass as she bounded onstage to the opening chords of Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.”
It was the first Monday in February and the former congresswoman was about to begin her annual State of the City address — held two months early, because she wasn’t leaving anything to chance.
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