Celebs Come Out for Karen Bass, Rick Caruso as L.A. Mayoral Race Heats Up

L.A.’s mayoral race is formally a 2-horse competitors between Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, and Hollywood — like the remainder of America — appears torn.

Extra celebs have shelled out conventional donations for Bass — together with some high-profile names like Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston and Samuel L. Jackson, however Caruso (who’s a business actual property titan) appears to have extra vocal assist on social media.

That is sensible, as billionaire Caruso’s been self-financing his marketing campaign.

This is a breakdown as Tuesday’s election outcomes proceed to pour in.

Apart from the names talked about above, Congresswoman Bass has additionally pulled in money contributions from the likes of Jennifer Garner, JJ Abrams, Ken Jeong, Octavia Spencer, Sally Area and William H. Macy … all of whom pitched in $1,500 every.

Jane Fonda donated $1,200, Donald Glover chipped in with $1,000, Rashida Jones one other $1,000 and Helen Hunt pledged $500. So, a good quantity of dough from Hollywood.

Whereas Caruso would not have practically as many well-known monetary donors in his nook, his staff tells us he is obtained an enormous outpouring of on-line assist … which, arguably, is equally worthwhile.

Tweets for Caruso have are available in from Kim Ok, Katy Perry, Elon Musk, Gwyneth Paltrow, Snoop Dogg and Kris Jenner — simply to call a number of.

Bass isn’t any slouch on social media both … she’s gotten backing from Tiffany Haddish and John Legend, who overtly referred to as for Angelenos to assist her on the voting cubicles.

It stays to be seen who may emerge victorious, but when the most recent polling will be believed … neither candidate will get 50 p.c of the vote in Tuesday’s main — and which means they will have a runoff in November.

BTW, Caruso — who’d been a lifelong Republican till lately — is working as a Dem, as is Bass. He is obtained the biz experience, however she has years of legislative expertise in D.C. and Sacramento.