LOS ANGELES—Organizers behind an effort to recall Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have chosen as the face of their campaign five individuals who, at least nominally, represent main flashpoints in a swelling backlash to her tenure in the wake of a wildfire that obliterated parts of the city in January.
The Notice of Intent, filed March 11, lists Gelena Wasserman, Heather Hilterbrand, Sarah Peterson, Susan Collins, and Jonathan Garciaramirez as committee proponents sponsoring the recall petition.
Wasserman, Hilterbrand, and Peterson are residents who saw their homes either destroyed or damaged in the Pacific Palisades fire, organizers told The Epoch Times. Collins is a resident of a fire-risk area who is concerned about current leadership, they said, while Garciaramirez lives near MacArthur Park, an epicenter of the city’s crime, homelessness, and drug crises….