Kamala Harris has weighed in on the LA mayor’s race and issued endorsements in several other contests — but refused to back a gubernatorial candidate.
The former VP, who now lives in Malibu, endorsed incumbent Karen Bass for mayor of the second-largest city in the US.
“She has my full support for re-election,” the Democrat said.
The two have known each other for more than two decades and were once rumored rivals for the vice presidency when Joe Biden pledged to select a woman as his running mate in 2020.
Bass, who is serving her first term, was sworn in as mayor while Harris was still serving as vice president.
As Bass faces scrutiny and uncertainty in her re-election bid — particularly amid backlash over her handling of the deadly Palisades Fire — Harris pointed to her record on homelessness and crime.
“Mayor Karen Bass is the leader Los Angeles needs right now. She has done what so many said couldn’t be done — the first-ever two-year decline in homelessness, reducing crime to levels this city hasn’t seen since the 1960s, and refusing to back down when the federal government came after our neighbors,”Harris said in a statement.
In the City of Los Angeles, unsheltered homelessness decreased by just 7.9%, while sheltered homelessness increased by 4.7%, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
Crime in the city is also steadily declining, with a 19% drop in homicides in 2025 compared to 2024. The number of homicides in 2025 is the lowest since 1966, according to LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.
Harris weighed in on the race just as mail-in ballots reached residents, who are beginning to make their choices.
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