Mayor Karen Bass

To all who have served, thank you for your service and sacrifice.

In Los Angeles, honoring our Veterans means standing by them long after their service ends.

Through my House Our Vets initiative, we’ve helped more than 1,300 Veterans find a place to call home. We remain committed to fighting for every Veteran to have access to the housing, healthcare, and support they’ve earned.

Our Veterans answered the call to serve our country. We must continue answering the call to serve them.

Today, an SUV drove onto a sidewalk near the North Hollywood Metro Station, striking a group of street vendors and pedestrians. Tragically, preliminary reports indicate that three people have lost their lives and others have been injured.

First responders are on the scene, and my office is closely coordinating with City departments as authorities work to determine what caused this horrific incident.

I’m heartbroken for the families of everyone impacted. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

Overnight, federal immigration agents gathered in force outside of the ambulance bay at Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights, effectively sealing off a critical entrance. For patients and families in medical crises, that presence was frightening at the worst possible moment.

A hospital should be the one place where people feel safe. No one should have to think twice about receiving care or fear that a loved one's treatment could be interrupted because of their immigration status.

I condemn ICE's actions and call on the Trump Administration to stop all immigration enforcement in and around health care facilities. Hospital leadership also had a duty to step in right away to protect patients and neighbors, and by all appearances, that did not happen.

All of Los Angeles stands with Boyle Heights, and we will use every lawful tool available to protect the community. Because in Los Angeles, we stand together, and we fight.

This is egregious and will not be tolerated in LA. I’m engaging the Attorney General’s Office to investigate and prosecute any wrongdoing by these federal agents. Additionally, I referred this matter to the Office of U.S. Representative Robert Garcia, the ranking Democrat leading oversight on federal immigration enforcement abuses.

We beat Trump and ICE in court, and new state laws have implemented accountability measures for ICE agents to protect our communities.

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Today, we lost an icon. Dolores Huerta was a remarkable woman, a fearless leader who fought for civil rights and advanced the labor movement for decades.

Dolores inspired so many of us to activism. I admired her from a very young age, and it was an incredible honor and privilege not only to meet and know her, but to call her a friend. She inspired me through tough times and taught me to never give up. She supported me in every campaign and challenge I faced.

Her work with farm workers changed our state and our nation. The movement she helped lead was about securing basic human rights for some of the hardest working people among us. Their fight, their struggle, and their victories helped secure landmark protections nationwide, including the first state laws giving farm workers overtime pay after eight hours a day, and the first comprehensive standards to prevent heat deaths in California.

She didn't stop there. Dolores carried the fight into every arena where people were denied a voice. She championed women's rights, reproductive freedom, and gender equality, and she organized communities, here in Los Angeles and across the nation, so that all people had a stronger voice in the decisions that shape their lives. Her legacy is one of dignity and equality for all, and proof of what ordinary people can accomplish when they organize.

Dolores reminded us that no matter the odds, no matter the obstacle, we can build a greater life for ourselves, our community, our city, and our country. She never, never stopped working. She was fighting for civil rights every day, into her nineties. Those who knew her, worried about her, but the intensity of her fight continued on.

We honor her legacy by continuing the fight for farm workers and for dignity and equality for all.

¡Sí, se puede! Rest in power, Dolores. Thank you for everything.