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Culver City, a crime haven? Bondi’s jab falls flat with locals

February 12, 2026

So when U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi insinuated the city of 39,000 residents is a crime haven during a heated exchange with Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles) Wednesday, local officials and personalities responded with statistics, memes and wry mockery.

Kamlager-Dove shrugged off Bondi’s comment, saying Culver City was known for “breakfast burritos — not crime.” 

A spokesperson for the Justice Department could not provide examples of political violence or domestic terrorism in Culver City, and instead accused Kamlager-Dove of “having no interest in discussing public safety in and around her district.”