Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Tuesday threw her support behind former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — her longtime friend and political ally — to be the next governor of California.

“For me, this is a special moment,” Bass said a Crenshaw district news conference Tuesday morning attended by various faith and community leaders. “I know I have stood at a podium endorsing my brother from another mother on numerous occasions. Because, in fact, we have known each other and worked together our entire adult lives.

“Many, many years before we ever thought that we would wind up being elected officials, but when we were fighting on issues that were common to South L.A. and East L.A., we have always believed that the way you bring about change is you do it together. You build coalitions because our iss

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