Bass Campaign Issues Cease and Desist Following Defamatory Police Union PAC Attack Ad

LOS ANGELES – The Karen Bass campaign May 10, issued a cease and desist letter in response to a wildly misleading, defamatory attack ad released by the Los Angeles Police Protective League, an independent expenditure committee opposing Karen Bass’s candidacy for Mayor of Los Angeles.  

The letter points to demonstrable falsehoods in the Police Protective League’s ad, including the claim that Congresswoman Bass “repeatedly voted to give USC millions in taxpayer funds,” and demands the organization stop funding the false advertisement in violation of defamation law. 

Karen Bass never voted to appropriate taxpayer funds to USC, and none of the bills cited in the ad refer to the University of Southern California or USC – unless you count the abbreviation of “United States Code”.  

“A police union PAC supporting Rick Caruso is trying to distract from his USC pay-to-play admissions scandal by airing attack ads that spread misinformation about Karen Bass,” said spokesperson Anna Bahr. “Let’s be clear: While Caruso helped the wealthy and well-connected at USC, depriving working class students of an education, Karen Bass was at USC to study our broken child welfare system. This is what happens when a real estate billionaire tries to buy an election.”  

Details: Read the text of the cease and desist letter here.