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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman, her challenger in the mayoral race, appeared separately at a South L.A. candidate forum, agreeing that the city's homelessness response needs an overhaul but diverging sharply on housing policy. Both candidates said the city should exit the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which has faced repeated audits over poor accounting despite spending nearly $830 million last fiscal year, and back a new city-run agency, mirroring a move the county already made. Both also support expanding unarmed crisis-response teams for non-emergency calls currently handled by police.

The candidates split on housing density and renter protections. Raman accused Bass of blocking denser development in wealthier neighborhoods, pushing new construction into poorer districts, and criticized Bass's temporary loosening of short-term rental rules ahead of the 2028 Olympics, warning it could displace long-term tenants. Bass defended development restrictions as necessary to prevent gentrification of Black and Latino communities. The two also differed on LAPD's handling of ICE-related protests and enforcement of a state law on federal agents masking during operations.

Inglewood is projecting a $30.8 million general fund deficit next year, its largest in at least two decades, after spending roughly doubled following SoFi Stadium's 2020 opening while revenue growth has since leveled off. City officials say more than $150 million in reserves can cover the shortfall in the near term, and Mayor James Butts has downplayed public concern, framing the reserves as enabling ambitious infrastructure investment. The City Council approved the budget 4-0.

The deficit's trajectory now hinges on two competing Nov. 3 ballot measures tied to a dispute between the city and its stadiums over billboard advertising. Measure AT, backed by billboard company WOW Media, would remove the cap on SoFi Stadium's ticket tax and add a new levy on Intuit Dome tickets, potentially generating $45–50 million annually and erasing the deficit. Measure BB would instead ban most commercial billboard advertising, cutting a revenue stream worth several million dollars a year and pushing the deficit toward $39 million. Officials caution the revenue estimates remain uncertain.

Inglewood plans to break ground next month on a $287.5 million shuttle bus network connecting the city's stadiums to Metro's K Line and C Line stations, with service targeted for April 2028 ahead of the Olympics. The project is a scaled-back version of a nearly $2 billion automated rail line first proposed in 2018.

The network centers on four transit hubs, three along Market Street and one at Hawthorne Boulevard and 111th Street, offering parking, bike facilities and rideshare drop-offs. The largest hub, at Market Street and Florence Avenue, will include a pedestrian bridge to the Downtown Inglewood Metro Station and a five-level, roughly 1,000-space parking structure with retail space. The city is acquiring and demolishing an existing shopping center there through eminent domain, drawing concern from some affected business owners. Additional improvements include wider sidewalks, new lighting, landscaping and a plaza along the Market Street corridor. Officials call it the largest project the city has ever undertaken itself, fully funded through state and local grants, while leaving room for a future rail line.

Incumbent Democrat Joyce Beatty is defending her seat in Ohio's 3rd Congressional District, which covers most of Columbus, against Republican challenger Cleophus Dulaney in the November 3 election. Beatty, 76, has held the seat since 2012, serves on the House Financial Services Committee, and is campaigning on affordable housing, civil rights, education and the economy.

Dulaney, 66, a local business owner who previously lost a 2020 primary bid for the seat, was arrested by the FBI in 2024 in connection with the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, facing charges including assaulting a police officer. He received clemency from President Trump on his first day in office as part of a mass pardon covering roughly 1,600 people tied to the attack. Dulaney describes his participation as peaceful protest and says he is running on cost-of-living, immigration and housing issues, though he lacks the Franklin County GOP's endorsement. Notably, records show Dulaney actually resides just outside the district he seeks to represent, while Beatty lives within its boundaries.