L. A. Politicians lining their own pockets. Three council members arrested by the FBI. The last thing we need is a special interest politician like Karen Bass is mayor. Where to begin? Bass was fined by the state ethics watchdog for taking an undisclosed gift from Big Oil, but that's not even the worst part. Bass took more than 10 million from sleazy special interests like payday lenders, big pharma and big polluters. Karen Bass won't clean up L. A.