Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is running for reelection, and she's taking a predictable strategy for an incumbent whose tenure does not have a good record: She's lying about what's happened during her watch.
Here's one example that's getting plenty of attention today:
I ran for mayor because I couldn’t accept the homelessness I saw on our streets. Since then, we’ve reduced homelessness by 11%, cut veteran homelessness by 50%, and brought homicides to a 60-year low. With the Olympics coming to Los Angeles, we need leadership that delivers. I’m committed to building on this progress so our city is ready—and Angelenos see lasting benefits.
— Karen Bass (@KarenBassLA) October 14, 2026
As usual, the divide between a Democrat's claim and reality is enormous.
Even Twitter knows you’re lying https://t.co/3k35MZwJDj
— Streets For All (@streetsforall) October 14, 2026
That's a doozy of a Community Note:
FALSE City of LA total homelessness (LAHSA PIT counts):
2022: 41,980
2023: 46,260
2024: 45,252
2025: 43,695
2026: 45,194
LAHSA Point-in-Time counts for the City of LA show total homelessness ROSE from 41,980 in 2022 to 45,194 in 2026 an INCREASE of 3,214 people (+7.7%).
More Bass BS detected:
This isn’t even remotely true.
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 14, 2026
@KarenBassLA Karen Bass said she would end street homelessness by 2026. It’s 2026. Street homelessness hasn’t ended. It actually went up by 7.9% last year. https://t.co/DqUkHGfURE
— Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) October 14, 2026
Maybe Bass didn't really want to end the problem of homelessness since it's been pretty lucrative for fraudsters.
Karen Bass suddenly stepped down from LAHSA a few days ago. Today, HUD Secretary Turner just revealed that $75M of fraud was laundered through LAHSA. Probably nothing! https://t.co/u3TfwvVfpl
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) September 16, 2026
So many total coincidences!
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