Rick Caruso won’t run for LA mayor, after teasing potential return to race

Rick Caruso confirmed Thursday that he won’t run within the Los Angeles mayoral election after teasing a possible return to the race a day earlier.

“Rick is extremely moved by outpouring of help however reached an earlier determination in a considerate course of and it stands,” Caruso political adviser Mike Murphy advised the Los Angeles Occasions, referring to the billionaire actual property developer’s determination final month to drop out of each the mayoral and gubernatorial races.

Rick Caruso speaking at a podium with a blue background that reads "Palisades Village." — Caruso teased a return to the race after studies Mayor Karen Bass altered a Palisades wildfire report. MediaNews Group through Getty Photos

“He won’t be a candidate for mayor.”

Caruso appeared to weigh a return to the mayor’s race Wednesday after a report emerged that LA Mayor Karen Bass altered a Palisades wildfire report.

“I don’t have numerous time to resolve, clearly, as a result of we’ve received a looming deadline this Saturday,” the 67-year-old Republican-turned-Democrat advised KNX. “I’m going to be assembly and speaking with the household, and we’ll see what we resolve to do.”