Two firearms are taken from Karen Bass, the front-runner for mayor of Los Angeles.

Rep. Karen Bass, a Democrat running for mayor of Los Angeles, claimed she discovered signs of a break-in when she got home after the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s annual Impact Awards Gala on Friday night.

She later discovered that a burglar had taken two of her weapons that had been “safely and securely stowed,” but had left her home’s estimated value of over $2 million, along with cash, electronics, and other valuables, unharmed.

Police have posted a description of the suspect on Twitter, describing him as “Hispanic, standing 5-feet-9-inches tall, [and] weighing 200 pounds.”

He was last seen dressed in dark clothes, a black medical mask, a blue baseball hat with a white insignia, and black Asics shoes.

Call 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online at www.crimestoppers.org if you have any information.

Bass described the situation in a statement on Saturday as ‘unnerving,’ but noted, unfortunately, it’s something that far too many Angelenos have faced.’

In fact, the theft comes amid a growing crime wave in the City of Angels, with robberies up more than 17 percent over last year, and burglaries up 15 percent.

Overall, violent crimes are now up nearly 5 percent from last year, with property crimes up a whopping 12 percent.

Crime has now emerged as one of the major issues in the city’s mayoral race, with a Los Angeles Times poll finding that 77 percent of voters are looking for someone who is tough on crime.

Yet during a mayoral debate several months ago, Bass insisted that she feels safe walking around her neighborhood, where homes go for over $1million.

‘I do feel safe,’ she said. ‘I feel safe, but I do understand that a lot of people around the city do not feel safe, and I respect that.’

But in the weeks since, several surveillance videos have emerged showing brazen thieves stealing items from stores in view of security guards.

In mid-August, a group of thieves were caught barging into a Los Angeles grocery store and stealing thousands of dollar worth of liquor before fleeing out the exit into broad daylight.

Despite the mayhem, an idle security guard was seen standing a distance away from the thieves without interfering – in the county that is known for its lenient criminal policies.

The guard hesitated to get near the robbers, but slowly crept forward to pick up what appeared to be a bag nearby after the group had caused the commotion.

Another video from around the same time also showed a giant mob descending upon a 7-Eleven following a street takeover, throwing items over the counter and looting the convenience store.

The gang of people were seen ransacking the store while shouting, completely destroying the COVID-19 safety screen that had been set up to grab as much as they could.

They can be seen running across the store and grabbing drinks, cigarettes, lottery tickets, bags of chips and other items.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the suspects also started throwing items at them, with around 100 people involved in the chaos.

One store employee was even left fearing for his life after the incident, with a suspect wearing a Colorado Rockies hate throwing food at one employee.

LAPD Det. Ryan Moreno said that there was ‘no resistance’ and ‘no fight put up’ by the staff members working that day.

He added: ‘We really want to prevent this from becoming a new trend.’

Those involved face charges of vandalism, grand theft and looting when they are apprehended by authorities.

 Meanwhile, actor Jeff Lewis recently opened up about the scene in his neighborhood after a woman was allegedly robbed down the street from his Los Angeles home in broad daylight.

Lewis’ neighbor, a 71-year-old woman in the Beverly Grove area, was zip tied, robbed and pistol whipped at her home, Fox 11 reports, citing authorities.

The Bravo star, 52, recalled being at home at the time of the invasion and revealed he refused to hand over surveillance footage from his backyard over fears detectives would see him naked in the videos.

‘Because there are a lot of beautiful houses in [my] neighborhood, but that house is kind of modest. So I was kind of like, “Why do they target them?” But they do have five expensive cars.’

However, when authorities asked him to turn over surveillance footage from his backyard to gleam more information about the robbery, Jeff refused to do so.

The Flipping Out star revealed he doesn’t ‘always wear clothes’ in the backyard and likes to go into the pool and ‘sex it up’ when his five-year-old daughter Monroe is not at home.

‘Our house is almost right across the street, so they were going and knocking on all the doors and they wanted to see our cameras… I looked at our camera and I can’t see the street past the wall and the hedges and the gates, so I’m like, this is not going to do them any sort of service because they can’t see the house for the street,’ he said.

‘But they came to the house like, three times. They said, “Look, we want to look at this footage in case there’s any shadows or anything like that.”‘

He later said he told authorities: ‘I said, “My AV cabinet is downstairs and I kind of don’t want you going through it. Because, to be honest with you, one of these cameras faces the backyard and I don’t always wear clothes back there.”

‘Like, if Monroe’s not home, we might go in the pool and sex it up. Sometimes I’m so drunk, I don’t remember what happens… There could be nine people for all I know,’ he admitted. ‘So I said, “You know, I just worry about giving the DVR to the detective. I’m on TV.’”

‘So I did not surrender the DVR… I did not cooperate,’ he concluded.

He said his neighbor was now ‘just bruised, banged up a little bit’ and, according to Lewis, she did not incur any broken bones or get stitches.

Fed-up residents have even tried to recall progressive District Attorney George Gascon, who has pushed for criminal justice reforms that critics have said lead to more repeat offenders on the streets.

Their efforts ultimately failed last month when organizers ruled that 200,000 signatures on their petition were invalid.

The recall organizers needed to gather about 570,000 valid petition signatures to trigger an election, but he county registrar’s office announced they only found 520,000 valid signatures out of the 710,000 that were submitted.

It was the second attempt by critics to oust the woke District Attorney after the first failed last year.

Meanwhile, California assemblyman Rudy Salas, a Democrat, introduced a bill that would lower the amount a suspect can steal before facing a felony to $400, which was the original threshold before Proposition 47 passed.

Salas said: ‘Enough is enough, we need to fight back against the criminals who are stealing from our communities.

‘We have seen the unintended consequences of Prop 47’s weakening of our theft laws and I believe California voters are ready to make their voices heard on this issue again.’

Businessman Rick Caruso, who has positioned himself as the tough-on-crime candidate, is behind Bass by double digits.

Even Nevertheless, Rick Caruso, a businessman, has a double-digit lead against Bass in the race for mayor despite portraying himself as the one who is more strong on crime.

According to a study taken last month, Bass’ woke values are more in line with those of the Los Angeles electorate: over half of registered voters there said they had a positive impression of her, compared to only 22% who said they did not like her and 29% who said they had no opinion.

She has gained support from liberal white voters, who make up the bulk of the electorate in Los Angeles, registered Democrats, persons who identify as highly liberal, and voters of color.

According to the study, 71% of voters believe that having a progressive mayor is crucial, 75% want a mayor who has held office before, and 72% want someone who has a history of protecting abortion rights in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Caruso is up 47 to 29 percent among respondents who felt it was crucial to have a candidate who is strong on crime.

Following comments by the former LAPD commissioner that he backed the attempt and made crime a key issue in his campaign, Caruso led 57 percent to 24 percent among those who supported the recall of Gascon.