Five candidates on the November ballot — Mayoral Candidates Rick Caruso and Karen Bass, City Council District 5 Candidates Sam Yebri and Katy Yaroslavsky, and CD5 Councilmember Paul Koretz, who is running for City Controller — spoke to about 150 residents and others at the Hancock Park Annual Meeting on Tuesday evening. The unique format, which provided 20 minutes for each candidate to speak directly to residents, with each answering the same questions, revealed among the candidates remarkably similar answers and approaches to solving some the city’s most challenging issues. Despite Mayoral candidate Rick Caruso and CD5 City Council candidate Sam Yebri each repeatedly calling themselves the “change candidates,” they offered very similar solutions without much substantive differentiation from their opponents Bass and Yaroslavsky. All the candidates focused on addressing the homeless problem and improving public safety. Readers can listen to the full recording of the meeting at the link in the story. (Link in our bio) “No one has done it this way,” explained Cindy Chvatal-Keane, Hancock Park Homeowners Association President told the Buzz. “We wanted a concise, fair presentation by each candidate, focused on why we should for vote them, and they were each asked the same questions. We deeply appreciated that all the candidates made time to speak to us in this final stretch of the campaign.” Read our story on the Larchmont Buzz 🐝 — your source for local news — for more on what happened at the meeting. #Larchmontbuzzing #Larchmontbuzz #Larchmontvillage #timelyaccuratelocalnews #locallarchmontnews