Karen Bass: “We got over 56 people in a class, and that was from, like…”

“It's taken me a long time to crack the code, and I finally did. I made personnel changes internal to the HR department. I made leadership changes. I finally cracked the code. We got over 56 people in a class, and that was from, like, less than 20. We went to 56, and then the council wouldn't fund it. And so there was a little peer pressure that happened. And now the council is funding.” (17:45–17:51)

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