{"id":2575662,"date":"2026-03-03T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-broadly-supports-karen-bass-for-reelection-as-la-mayor\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:17:32","slug":"newsom-broadly-supports-karen-bass-for-reelection-as-la-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-broadly-supports-karen-bass-for-reelection-as-la-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom &#8216;broadly&#8217; supports Karen Bass for reelection as LA mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-broadly-supports-karen-bass-for-reelection-as-la-mayor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575662&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gavin Newsom says he broadly supports Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for reelection, despite past disagreements on housing and homelessness. In a new interview with Puck News, he praised Bass\u2019s long collaborative relationship and her capacity to do good, while acknowledging policy differences. Bass has opposed Newsom\u2019s 2024 order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-mayor-says-city-will-dismantle-homeless-encampments-within-two-weeks\/\" title=\"New York ... Says City Will Dismantle Homeless Encampments Within Two Weeks\">dismantle homeless encampments<\/a> and a housing bill designed to speed up high-rise affordable construction, but Newsom says they will continue to work through their disagreements. The piece notes fallout from the January 2025 wildfires in the Pacific Palisades, with Bass criticized for her absence and for fire department budget cuts, and Newsom criticized for a water-diversion policy that some blamed for shortages; though, there is no evidence the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whether-a-person-died-in-a-nursing-home-or-hospital-who-cares-they-died-governor-cuomo-proves-hes-as-heartless-as-he-is-reckless-with-ny-lives-video\/\" title=\"\u201cWhether a Person Died in a Nursing Home or Hospital\u2026 WHO CARES? THEY DIED?\u201d \u2013 Governor Cuomo Proves He\u2019s as Heartless as He is Reckless with NY Lives (VIDEO)\">policy caused<\/a> the wildfires, and a UCLA study pointed to hydrant failures as a contributing factor. Bass is seeking a second term against Spencer Pratt and nithya Raman, while Newsom, finishing his second term, is rumored to be considering a 2028 presidential bid and is promoting a new book on his national profile.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom &lsquo;broadly&rsquo; supports Karen Bass for reelection as LA mayor<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2521772\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1426\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) said he &ldquo;broadly&rdquo; supports <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1221\">Los Angeles<\/a> Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2491\">Karen Bass<\/a> for reelection despite their past disagreements over certain issues, including housing and homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve known her for years,&rdquo; he said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeterHamby\/status\/2028844563788636621\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeterHamby\/status\/2028844563788636621\">new interview<\/a> released by <em>Puck News<\/em> on Tuesday. &ldquo;We have a great collaborative relationship. She has a remarkable career. She&rsquo;s got a remarkable capacity to do good things. And so I believe in her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4478508\/michigan-democrats-appear-hesitant-expand-early-voting-state-race\/\">Michigan Democrats appear hesitant to expand early voting when it could help GOP in state race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4478198\/what-to-watch-first-primary-elections-texas-north-carolina-2026\/\">What to watch for in the first primary elections of 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4477721\/cornyn-trump-fix-broken-immigration-system-if-reelected\/\">Cornyn wants to work with Trump to fix &lsquo;broken&rsquo; immigration system if reelected<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As mayor, Bass opposed the governor&rsquo;s 2024 executive order to dismantle homeless encampments in Los Angeles and a housing bill he signed last year. The law, which takes effect on July 1, is designed to expedite construction for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-rise affordable homes<\/a> near mass transit.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom acknowledged these differences of opinion between himself and Bass while noting they will continue to collaborate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can get into some of the merits to merits of where she was on some housing bills and some homeless issues, and we&rsquo;ll continue to kick the tires on a daily, not just weekly, basis&rdquo; regarding the Los Angeles fire recovery efforts, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those are areas where we&rsquo;ll work those things out, but I broadly do&rdquo; support Bass, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Both Democrats have faced public criticism over their handling of the fallout from the January 2025 wildfires that destroyed large parts of the Pacific Palisades and nearby areas.<\/p>\n<p>Bass was blamed for her absence from the city when the wildfires broke out and for cutting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-los-angeles-earthquake-shakes-espn-studio-forces-host-to-take-things-into-her-own-hands\/\" title=\"Watch: Los Angeles Earthquake Shakes ESPN Studio, Forces Host to Take Things Into Her Own Hands\">fire department&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s budget months earlier, while Newsom was blasted over a policy that diverted water from a state-protected estuary filled with a fish called the delta smelt.<\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> and others pointed to the environmental policy as the reason for water shortages that hindered firefighters&rsquo; response. However, there is no evidence to suggest that the water-diversion policy caused or led to the wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.ca.gov\/-\/media\/CNRA-Website\/Files\/NewsRoom\/Educational-Portal\/19Nov2025PalisadesFireWaterSupply.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/resources.ca.gov\/-\/media\/CNRA-Website\/Files\/NewsRoom\/Educational-Portal\/19Nov2025PalisadesFireWaterSupply.pdf\">November 2025 memo<\/a>, California officials determined the southern part of the state did not have a lack of water when the fires started. In fact, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/environment\/2025\/12\/water-hydrant-wildfire-misinformation-ucla\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/environment\/2025\/12\/water-hydrant-wildfire-misinformation-ucla\/\">study published<\/a> by the University of California, Los Angeles, the following month, the problem appeared to be with fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades that often fail.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4475082\/memoirs-potential-presidential-candidates-shed-light-2028-strategy\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4475082\/memoirs-potential-presidential-candidates-shed-light-2028-strategy\/\">MEMOIRS FROM POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SHED LIGHT ON THEIR 2028 STRATEGIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bass is seeking a second term in her mayoral run against two formidable opponents: conservative candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4410991\/spencer-pratt-launches-bid-la-mayor-one-year-anniversary-palisades-fire\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4410991\/spencer-pratt-launches-bid-la-mayor-one-year-anniversary-palisades-fire\/\">Spencer Pratt<\/a> and democratic socialist Los Angeles City Councilwoman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4450113\/karen-bass-progressive-bid-replace-los-angeles-mayor\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4450113\/karen-bass-progressive-bid-replace-los-angeles-mayor\/\">Nithya Raman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Newsom is focused on finishing his second term as governor this year while he entertains a possible 2028 presidential campaign. He is speculated to run now that he is traveling across the nation to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4474954\/gavin-newsom-book-tour-missteps-national-campaign-growing-pains\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4474954\/gavin-newsom-book-tour-missteps-national-campaign-growing-pains\/\">promote his new book<\/a>, <em>Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery<\/em>, a common strategy used by presidential hopefuls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom broadly backs Bass for LA mayor amid past spats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2575663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-3955benl9-1772565332161-e1772565433749.jpg?1772547421&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4045,32742,48133,36585,5894],"class_list":["post-2575662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-california","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-karen-bass","tag-los-angeles","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-3955benl9-1772565332161-e1772565433749.jpg?1772547421&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575662"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575667,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575662\/revisions\/2575667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}