LA Mayor Karen Bass weighing a downtown curfew to quell violence

Julia Wick and Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times on Jun 10, 2025

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Tuesday that she is considering enacting a curfew for downtown L.A. following additional vandalism in the area Monday night.

“There would be no need for a citywide curfew,” Bass said. “But again, this is just preliminary discussions.”

Bass characterized the violence and vandalism in some downtown neighborhoods as “unacceptable,” but also reiterated that it was limited to a small geographic area.

“Unfortunately, the visuals make it seem as though our entire city is in flames, and it is not the case at all,” said Bass.

Continued damage would not be tolerated, Bass said. She also called on all Angelenos to help with the cleanup effort downtown.

The mayor decried President Donald Trump’s move to send hundreds of Marines into L.A.

“People have asked me, what are the Marines going to do when they get here? That’s a good question. I have no idea. “

Asked about what her message would be for Trump, Bass beseeched the president to stop the raids.

“I want to tell him that this is a city of immigrants. I want to tell him that if you want to devastate the economy of the city of Los Angeles, then attack the immigrant population,” Bass said.

The mayor also spoke to the terror and uncertainty rippling through communities.

“We never know when, we never know how long,” she said of the government sweeps. “But that very notion creates such a terrible sense of fear in our city, and it’s just not right to do that to a population who’s trying to survive.”