# Bass Tacks

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Podcast: [LA Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/la-podcast-414114)
Published: 2026-06-15T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thinkforward.la/la-podcast/
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Duration seconds: 3387

## Resource

Mike, Godfrey, and guest co-host Jasmyne Cannick discuss the promise and perils of the LA mayoral runoff between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman. Plus, the fake controversy over California’s ballot counting process, and LA’s City Council is poised to ditch years of effort to reform the city’s charter.

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