Businessman Rick Caruso waves at the start of a mayoral debate at the Student Union Theater on the California State University, Los Angeles campus on Sunday, May 1, 2022. Los Angeles is a heavily Democratic city, but voters this year could take a right turn. Caruso, a billionaire former longtime Republican who sits on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation board, is a leading candidate for mayor and is promising to expand, not defund, police. (Ringo Chiu/Los Angeles Times via AP, File)
