Photos: Karen Bass becomes first woman elected mayor of L.A. County since 1994
Karen Bass stands on the steps of City Hall in Pasadena on Nov. 10, 2013, hours after she was sworn in as Los Angeles Mayor. Bass beat longtime Mayor Eric Garcetti in the election by more than 2-1 but faces a difficult re-election campaign. (Mario Anzuoni / Associated Press)
Karen Bass, seen during a ceremony handing out the keys to the city in Pasadena on Dec. 8, 2013. Bass was elected mayor of Los Angeles County in a special election with 55 percent of the vote after she defeated Republican Mark Ridley Thomas, who served three terms on the Los Angeles City Council. (Mario Anzuoni / Associated Press)
Karen Bass looks over the Los Angeles City Hall as she looks to the balcony in the South Courtyard of City Hall on Dec. 8, 2013. Bass won election as lieutenant governor in a landslide, defeating incumbent gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown by 62 percent to 38 percent. The Los Angeles Times called her win an “all-but-certain” victory and declared that it was “the largest margin for a woman in a general election in California history.” (Mario Anzuoni / Associated Press)
Karen Bass takes part in a Christmas Eve ceremony at City Hall in Pasadena on Dec. 25, 2013. Bass was sworn in as Los Angeles Mayor on Dec. 9, 2013. (Mario Anzuoni / Associated Press)
Karen Bass, shown with her husband, Richard Einhorn, takes part in a Christmas Eve ceremony at City Hall in Pasadena on Dec. 25, 2013. As mayor, Bass said she would work on cutting city spending by 25 percent or 10 percent, depending on circumstances, and she will seek federal grants to balance the $28 billion backlog of projects that would be undertaken with a downsized staff. (Mario Anzuoni / Associated Press)
Karen Bass, shown during her swearing in ceremony at City Hall in Pasadena on Dec. 8, 2013, and on the day she
