Karen Bass is the 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles and the first woman and second African American to be elected as the city’s chief executive.  Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, serving as speaker during her final Assembly term.

Patt Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist.  As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards.