Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong said in an interview Monday that it was a mistake for his paper to endorse Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, whose leadership and decision-making were tested and proven wanting by the fires that have torched much of her city.
“At the L.A. Times, we endorsed Karen Bass. I think right now that’s a mistake, and we admit that,” Soon-Shiong, a transplant surgeon and businessman who created a drug used to treat various kinds of cancers, told “The Morning Meeting” podcast.
“This fire has given us a wake-up call as a paper,” added Soon-Shiong.
The two front-runners in the city’s 2022 mayoral general election were Bass and billionaire businessman Rick Caruso.