Karen Bass becomes first woman elected to the office of Los Angeles mayor Los Angeles LA -- U.S. Rep. Karen Bass was elected the new Mayor in Los Angeles on Wednesday, being appointed the mayor of the second-largest city of the country amid a period of intense reflection as the city struggles with an alleged racism scandal and searches for new answers to seemingly unsolvable issues such as homelessness and corruption. The Democratic congresswoman beat billionaire real property developer and her fellow Democrat Rick Caruso to become the first woman to be elected to the post of mayor and only…