Karen Bass revolving door spins again as top spokesperson resigns

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has lost yet another top communications official, extending a wave of turnover that has rattled the mayor’s press operation as she prepares for a bruising reelection campaign.Kolby Lee, Bass’ communications director, resigned Monday after serving five months in the role.He becomes the latest senior communications aide to leave City Hall in less than a year.He announced Tuesday that he was stepping down to spend more time with family.“I’m very grateful to Mayor Bass for giving me the opportunity to be part of her team and serve the people of Los Angeles,” Lee told The Post.

Lee helped guide the mayor’s communication team through a series of contentious crises, including the massive Boyle Heights warehouse fire, ongoing backlash over the Pacific Palisades fire recovery and homelessness.Prior to taking the position for Bass, Lee served as an on-the-record spokesperson for presidential candidates including the Bernie Sanders campaign.“We thank Kolby for his contribution to the office and wish him and his family well,” Sergio Godinez, Deputy Press Secretary for Bass, told The Post on Wednesday.Lee’s departure continues a remarkable stretch of upheaval inside the mayor’s communications office.Longtime communications chief Zach Seidl left City Hall last October after roughly a decade working alongside Bass in Congress and at City Hall.Press Secretary Clara Karger departed in January for a private-sector job.

Bass then hired veteran communications strategist Amanda Crumley as deputy mayor of communications.But Crumley resigned after just over two months, telling colleagues she wanted work that offered a better work-life balance.

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