Steve Lopez: What $40 million can't buy: A lead in LA mayor's race
Shopping mall developer Rick Caruso can buy just about anything he wants without first balancing his checkbook. His $100 million yacht didn't come close to breaking the bank, and the billionaire Brentwood resident has owned spreads in Malibu and Newport Beach as well, along with a Montecito hotel where rooms can run around $10,000 a night. For all his money, though, and after spending roughly ...
by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times
Jun 16, 2022
4 minutes
Shopping mall developer Rick Caruso can buy just about anything he wants without first balancing his checkbook.
His $100 million yacht didn't come close to breaking the bank, and the billionaire Brentwood resident has owned spreads in Malibu and Newport Beach as well, along with a Montecito hotel where rooms can run around $10,000 a night.
For all his money, though, and after spending roughly $40 million on his L.A. mayoral campaign in the last six months, he hasn't been able to buy the lead.
In updated tabulations from the June 7 primary, U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has Caruso, moving into the lead with 41% of the vote to Caruso's
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