Street activist, congresswoman - mayor? Karen Bass reaches for LA’s top job

Bass built a reputation as a progressive but her views on divisive issues have led to protests from local organizers

In the summer of 1994, Tony Zepeda and dozens of other teenagers marched through the streets of Los Angeles dressed in fake prison uniforms and toting balls and chains.

California had just passed its punitive Three Strikes law, which mandated 25 years to life in prison for a third felony conviction of any kind.