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Similarly, Los Angeles exemplifies poor leadership under Mayor Karen Bass. The city faces a surge in homicides—over 1,200 in five years—and a deteriorating quality of life characterized by widespread homelessness, shoplifting, and drug addiction. O'Reilly laments that Westwood, once a thriving neighborhood, has fallen into disrepair, burdened by drug addicts and crime, with police presence dwindling and civic order collapsing.