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Podcast: CitizenCast
Episode: Is L.A. modeling the way forward for cities?
Description: On this episode of How To Really Run A City, our hosts invite L.A.'s mayor, Karen Bass, to the show. Within the first six months of her term, Mayor Bass faced the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strike and the teachers’ strike. She moved more than 14,000 unhoused Angelenos inside, relocating people from encampment tents into motels. She’s also taken the helm of the city’s Metro system, and she pledges to make the 2028 Olympics car-free. We ask her how she's been so productive – and remained so passionate?Â