Rick Caruso

Radio’s (NPR) correspondent Adrian Florido recently discussed how the voting gap between Caruso and Bass is not as big as it seems.

“Rick has been gaining on Karen for months now. When we did this poll last month at the end of September, early October, she was winning by 15 points,” Oreskes said. “Now she's winning by four. This is kind of remarkable. It speaks to the incredible Bloomberg-esque investment that Rick Caruso has made in his candidacy.”

And it’s true that Caruso had spent over a $100 million 13 times more than Bass reported by the Los Angeles Times.

However, what makes Caruso’s campaign better than Bass’ is that Caruso focuses on two main concerns that affect Angelenos, which is homelessness and public safety. And he uses this effectively on his campaign videos by appealing to his audience by using ethos and pathos.

Although Bass had used ethos to convey her message, Bass should try to connect with the community by showing more of her personhood to

Josh Haskell for ABC Eyewitness News on Oct. 31, 2022 stated that Caruso said that Bass won’t be able to fix the problems Los Angeles faces due to her being in office for “too long,” and it will “take an outsider.”

First, there’s a reason why Bass has been in office for as long as she has been. She’s worked hard to get to where she is right now.

Second, spending $81 million dollars on advertisements doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t mean Caruso has won, nor does Bass spending $11 million dollars on ads mean that she lost the race.

Spending money on ads for a campaign is normal in the world of politics, and Caruso needs to stop treating it as a requirement in order to win a position.

Third, what does fixing the the public to build and ensure more trust.

He even listed out the complete plan of action he has for the housing crisis along with his other projects such as his agenda for sustainability and climate change on his website.

Additionally, unlike Bass’s campaign, Caruso addresses issues women are facing, despite past controversy, he’s using his platform to say that he’s reformed and plans on making Los Angeles “work for women”.

Some of Caruso’s agenda problems in a city have anything to do with one being “over experienced” or that because Bass has been in office for too long she suddenly cannot “fix all of Los Angeles’s problems?” items involve hiring a deputy mayor that centers women and supporting more representation of women including supporting women owned businesses and providing more accessibility to childcare for women. With the elections still in motion, it’s safe to say that Caruso’s campaign has tremendous outreach and advantage, and that there’s still time for him to catch up in the election polls.

And finally, even if it did take an outsider to fix homelessness or public safety, hell even giving women the right to their own bodies, who can say it would actually go according to plan?

When you’re in a city like Los Angeles, you not only need the experience to become mayor, but you also have to know the territory well in order to solve the problems.

And Caruso is not the right person for Mayor of Los Angeles.