洛杉矶市长巴斯谈连任：野火时不在场是最大遗憾，承诺奥运前警力增至9500人
加州洛杉矶县洛杉矶市（Los Angeles），市长 Karen Bass 10月30日在接受《加州邮报》专访时谈及连任竞选，承认自己最大的遗憾是在2025年1月野火爆发时人不在洛杉矶，并提出新一任期的治安与无家可归者治理计划。
Bass 表示，她此前没有意识到洛杉矶的无家可归者管理系统已经“严重失灵”，而此前制约她工作的外部限制如今已经解除。她说，若连任，她将把洛杉矶警察局警力增至9,500人，目标是在2028年奥运会前完成，并改革无家可归者住房体系、扩大心理健康与成瘾治疗服务，让流落街头的人彻底脱离街头生活。她还力挺警察局长 Jim McDonnell。
她还表示，市政府已更换负责人事部门的负责人，并发布行政指令，力争把警察招聘流程从近一年缩短至180天。数据显示，洛杉矶警察局7月时约有8,550名宣誓警员，为近25年来最低水平，而全市街头无家可归者人数已从她2022年上任时的41,980人升至45,194人。
Bass 正寻求连任，她的对手是市议员 Nithya Raman，选民将在11月3日投票。
LA Mayor Bass on Reelection: Being Away During the Wildfires Is Her Biggest Regret; Pledges 9,500 Officers by the Olympics
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Mayor Karen Bass, in an October 30 interview with the California Post, discussed her reelection bid, acknowledging that her biggest regret was being out of Los Angeles when the January 2025 wildfires erupted, and laying out public safety and homelessness plans for a new term.
Bass said she had not realized how "dysfunctional" the city's homelessness system had become, and that external constraints on her work have now been lifted. If reelected, she said, she will raise LAPD staffing to 9,500 officers by the 2028 Olympics, overhaul the homelessness housing system, and expand mental health and addiction treatment to move people off the streets for good. She also voiced strong support for Police Chief Jim McDonnell.
She said the city has replaced the head of its personnel department and issued an executive directive to cut the police hiring process from nearly a year to 180 days. The LAPD had about 8,550 sworn officers in July, its lowest level in nearly 25 years, while street homelessness has risen from 41,980 when she took office in 2022 to 45,194.
Bass is seeking reelection against City Councilmember Nithya Raman; voters decide on November 3.
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