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12-06-2025
LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles (LA) Mayor Karen Bass has announced a partial curfew for Los Angeles to tackle the protests against immigration raids.
US President Donald Trump says the protests are an “assault on peace and public order”.
He has doubled down on deploying more National Guard troops and Marines to the city.
California officials say they weren’t notified, Bass says the way to dismantle protests is to end the raids, while state Governor Gavin Newsom is suing over the federal government’s response.
A defence official tells media that around 2,100 members of the California National Guard are now in the Los Angeles area, along with 700 Marines.
Protests this week have been generally calmer, our correspondent Peter Bowes writes but the prospect of Marines on the streets has sent shivers through communities.
Bass tells Trump to stop the ICE raids
Bass reiterated her sentiments from earlier in the day, that she wants Trump to stop the ICE raids.
“I think about the families who are afraid to go to work and go to school,” she said.
She said she’s heard of grocery store shelves being empty because people aren’t coming to work to stock the shelves.
“We have to look at the contribution that the immigrant population makes to our local economy,” she said.
Bass says she reached out to Trump today
Asked if she would try to talk to Donald Trump, Bass says; “Actually I started that reach-out today.”
“I’ll keep you posted,” she adds.
Damage to LA estimated in the millions
When asked about the financial damage to LA, the mayor dodges the question, saying “it’s really hard” to estimate the loss arising from vandalism.
Then Nella McOsker, chief executive of the Central City Association of Los Angeles, who is also in the press conference, chips in, saying that the damage would be in “the millions” but “I don’t know … what the total is,” McOsker adds.
Mayor reveals ‘tipping point’ for putting curfew in place
If you’re just joining us, LA mayor Karen Bass is announcing a curfew for downtown LA.
In response to a question from a reporter, she says the widespread violence and vandalism of last night was the “tipping point” in her decision to institute the curfew, which had been in consideration for several days.
Residents and media won’t be affected, LA police chief says
McDonnell now gives some more details of the curfew, it does not apply to residents within the designated area or those experiencing homelessness, nor credentialed media.
The curfew “is not about silencing voices”, he says.
‘Only 1 sq. mile of LA is affected,’ Bass says
The mayor also gave more details about the curfew, saying it was only 1 square mile in size.
“What is happening in this 1 square mile is not affecting the city,” she says, stressing it’s not a citywide crisis.
Speaking now is LA police Chief Jim McDonnell, who says the curfew is a necessary measure to save lives and safeguard property after consecutive days of growing unrest in the city. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
