The population of Los Angeles is nearly half Latino, its electorate is barely 15 percent Republican, and its ruling Democratic establishment is as woke as any liberal insomniac in the land.
So why is the man to beat in this year’s mayoral election suddenly Rick Caruso, a 63-year-old white billionaire, a former Republican whose 215-foot yacht, Invictus, rents for $550,000 a week, and whose luxury hotel outside Santa Barbara offered a festive Fourth of July brunch last summer for $250—per person?
