Mayor Karen Bass On Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony, LA 2028, Kamala Harris, & More Tax Credits To Keep Production In Hollywood
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Karen Bass is about to make some history, again. The first woman elected Mayor of Los Angeles, the former Congresswoman is in Paris for Sunday’s Olympics Closing Ceremony and the handover to the City of Angels for the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad.
In that handover from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Mayor Bass will be the first Black woman mayor to receive the Olympic flag in what will be the first female mayor to female mayor transfer. “I hope that it sends a message to girls in general around the world, but especially Black girls in the United States,” declares the first term mayor from the streets of the City of Light ahead of tomorrow’s closing ceremony in the 80,000-capacty Stade de France.
Of course, in this year of a distinctly unpredictable election in the United States, a smart retail politician like Bass is in Paris to suss out what can be learned from the past two weeks of competition and culture for the next summer Olympics here in Los Angeles.
In that context, the Mayor chatted with me about Paris 2024 and the closing ceremony, plus LA 2028. Mayor Bass also spoke about her efforts to help jump start the film and TV industry in Los Angeles after a hard past few years that have seen a pandemic, strikes, cuts galore and more belt tightening by the studios and streamers.
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