U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Dec. 2 endorsed U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) to serve as the next mayor of Los Angeles.

“Los Angeles needs a leader who can bring people together and create a stronger, safer and more equitable city for everyone. That person is my friend and colleague, Karen Bass,” Schiff said. “I’m proud to endorse Karen because I’ve seen firsthand her talent at organizing, mobilizing and confronting the challenges of housing and homelessness, health care and climate change. Karen will be an exceptional mayor for our great city.”

On Dec. 6, labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta endorsed Bass as well.

“Karen is uniquely positioned to be the leader that Los Angeles needs right now as it confronts the homelessness crisis,” Huerta said. “I’ve known Karen and her work for decades. When she’s faced with a challenge or crisis, she does what good organizers always do when they work in service to others – they bring people together, find common ground by listening to the people and then develop solutions which make the most sense. For Karen, it’s always about the work.”

Huerta said Bass is a builder of multi-ethnic and multi-generational coalitions that stand the test of time.

“She’s brought together Blacks and Latinos and Asians and Whites,” Huerta added. “The legacies of her coalitions have had real impacts on health care, jobs and human rights in Los Angeles and beyond. She will do the same as mayor. She has been able to get results throughout her life by being a steady, patient leader who cultivates mutual respect through honesty and strength. I’m proud to support her in this fight.”

Huerta is the founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, which works to inspire and organize communities to build volunteer organizations empowered to pursue social justice. In the 1960s, she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later United Farm Workers of America, more commonly referred to as UFW) and was a leader on many high-profile national actions, including the Delano grape strike, which Bass participated in as a teenager.

Huerta has been awarded the U.S. Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.