Los Angeles Mayor’s Race Preview: Hollywood’s Split Could Foreshadow A Contentious, And Expensive, November Election
deadline.comWhen voters go to the polls Tuesday for Los Angeles’ primary election, they are likely to advance two mayoral candidates to the general election: Rep.
Karen Bass (D-CA) and developer Rick Caruso.If so, Hollywood’s unusual split in its loyalties between the two could be an indicator of a highly contentious and massively expensive November general election.Both candidates have courted the industry for support, pledged to retain and boost film and TV production and have trumpeted their support from some of showbiz’s most prominent donors.Just in the past few weeks, Caruso’s campaign has highlighted his endorsements from social media juggernauts like Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk, and from industry figures such as Bryan Lourd and Dana Walden.
Bass has drawn recent contributions from Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, Octavia Spencer and Jennifer Garner, and a recent event at Bad Robot Productions drew 300 people including Norman Lear, 99, and with J.J.
Abrams and Katie McGrath introducing her and Shonda Rhimes among the co-hosts.Industry-specific issues are a sidelight compared to what has dominated the race and driving much of the attention: the perception of a city in crisis, with an out-of-control homelessness problem and brazen and tragic incidents of crime.
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