Karen Bass: “It's important for me to demonstrate to Angelinos that I can…”

“Well, it's taught me a lot about leadership in terms of the significance, how you present yourself, what people expect from you, and that's very important. And It's important for me to demonstrate to Angelinos that I can lead. I can lead the recovery and the rebuilding, opening up the centers, doing things faster than was expected, making sure that the permitting process goes smoothly, passing executive orders so that we can expedite things so that people can return home as fast as possible. And what is as fast as possible? What's a realistic time frame for people to actually start rebuilding and actually get home?” (09:39–10:03)

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