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Karen Bass (Democratic) has been Mayor of Los Angeles since 12 Dec 2022. Unemployment rate: 5.0% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.3 percentage points higher than when Karen Bass took office in December 2022, while California's rose 0.8 percentage points. Los Angeles ranks 21st of 106 cities on the fall in violent crime; on the fall in unemployment it is 58th of 117. Over Eric Garcetti's tenure, 2013 to 2022, the unemployment rate moved −6.3 percentage points. Typical rent is up 5.0% since day zero (1.3% a year).
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