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Karen Bass Biography

Karen Bass is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 3, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Democrat that was elected as the representative of the district of 37th Congress in California on the United States House of Representatives in 2013. She was the first woman elected to the position of President in the California State Assembly.

Beginning in 2008, she served as sixty-seventh Speaker of California State Assembly while Starting in 2008, she worked as sixty-seventh Speaker of the California State Assembly while Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor. was governor.

Under her Speakership, Bass promoted numerous laws to help improve the state’s child welfare system. During her first year, she ushered through expansion of Healthy Families Insurance Coverage to help prevent children from going without health insurance and worked to slash bureaucratic red-tape to help speed up the certification of small businesses. She also secured more than $2.3 million to help revitalize the historic Vision Theater in Los Angeles; and more than $600 million for Los Angeles Unified School District. Bass worked with the governor and initiated the California Commission on the 21st Century Economy to reform the tax code in California. She also fought to repeal the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Bass was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Wilhelmina (née Duckett) and DeWitt Talmadge Bass. Her father was a postal letter carrier and her mother was a homemaker. She was raised in the Venice and Fairfax neighborhoods of Los Angeles and graduated from Hamilton High School in 1971.

She was before engaged with Jesus Lechuga.

NameKaren Bass
First NameKaren
Last NameBass
OccupationPolitician
BirthdayOctober 3
Birth Year1953
Place of BirthLos Angeles
Home TownCalifornia
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignLibra
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MotherNot Available
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SpouseJesus Lechuga
Children(s)Emilia Wright

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In the late 1980s, Bass and other local community organizers and founded Community Coalition, an organization with a mission to help transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing and changing public policy.

Karen Bass Net Worth

Karen Bass is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Karen Bass's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a doctor’s aid for the USC Keck School of Medicine after obtaining an B.S. in health sciences at California State University, Dominguez Hills in the year 1990.

From 2004 to 2010 , she was an elected part of from 2004 to 2010. She was a member of the California State Assembly from the forty-seventh District.

Karen Ruth Bass (/ˈbæs/; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California’s 37th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to Congress for the state’s 33rd congressional district in 2010, which covered Culver City and parts of South Los Angeles until redistricting at the end of her first term.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomePolitician
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

In the 1980s, while working as a Physician Assistant and as a clinical instructor at the USC Keck School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program, Bass witnessed the impact of the crack epidemic in South Los Angeles. After attending a San Francisco conference hosted by Rev. Cecil Williams titled “Crack: The Death of a Race”, Bass decided to organize a response.

In 2004, Bass was elected to represent California’s 47th Assembly district. At her inauguration, she became the only African-American woman serving in the state legislature. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2008 before her term limit expired. Bass served the cities and communities of Culver City, West Los Angeles, Westwood, Cheviot Hills, Leimert Park, Baldwin Hills, View Park-Windsor Hills, Ladera Heights, the Crenshaw District, Little Ethiopia and portions of Koreatown and South Los Angeles.

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From 1980 to 1986, Bass was married to Jesus Lechuga. Following their divorce, Bass and Lechuga jointly raised their daughter and four step-children, Scythia, Omar, Yvette, and Ollin, together. Bass has three grandchildren: Henry, Harlynn, and Michael.

Speaker Fabian Núñez appointed Bass California State Assembly Majority Whip for the 2005–2006 legislative session and Majority Floor Leader for the 2007–2008 legislative session. During her first term, she founded and chaired the California Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care, implementing a host of new laws to help improve the state’s Foster Care System and leading the effort to secure $82 million in additional funding for the state’s child welfare system. Under her direction, the Select Committee brought together bipartisan and broad-based community support, together with the voices of youth and families, to pass legislation designed to improve the lives of California’s most vulnerable children.

Who is Karen Bass Dating?

According to our records, Karen Bass married to Jesus Lechuga . As of December 1, 2023, Karen Bass’s is not dating anyone.

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Prior to being elected to Congress, Bass represented the 47th district in the California State Assembly (2004–2010). In 2008, she was elected to serve as the 67th Speaker of the California State Assembly, becoming the first African American woman in United States history to serve as a Speaker of a state legislative body. For her leadership during the worst recession California had faced since the Great Depression, she, along with three other legislative leaders whom she worked alongside, was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2010.

Facts & Trivia

Karen Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Karen Bass celebrates birthday on October 3 of every year.

Bass suffered the loss of her only child, daughter Emilia Wright, and her son-in-law Michael Wright, in a car accident in 2006.

What has Karen Bass done?

In 2008, she was elected to serve as the 67th speaker of the California State Assembly, becoming the first African American woman in United States history to serve as a speaker of a state legislative body. She won the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2010 for her leadership during the Great Recession.

What nationality is Karen Bass?

American

Is Karen Bass a physician assistant?

Karen Bass is the first physician assistant to be elected to the US House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2010 and is currently serving her third term in office. Prior to serving in the US Congress, she served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2005 to 2010.

What party is Karen Bass?

Democratic Party

Who is Karen Bass husband?

Jesus Lechuga

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