Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has withdrawn from a televised Los Angeles mayoral candidate forum scheduled for May 13 on FOX 11, according to a statement released Friday by the League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles and the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs.
The organizations said Bass had previously accepted the invitation and signed forms confirming her attendance for the forum, which was intended to give voters the opportunity to hear directly from candidates seeking to lead the city “through a period of extraordinary challenges.”
The forum is still expected to include Nithya Raman, businessman Adam Miller and community advocate Rae Huang, organizers said. Reality television personality Spencer Pratt had also been invited but declined because of a scheduling conflict…