"Emily Beutner, 22, died at a hospital on Jan. 6, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's website. "My family has experienced the unimaginable loss of our beloved daughter. We ask for privacy and your prayers at this time," Beutner said Wednesday in a statement to The Times. Emily Beutner was a student at Loyola Marymount University and was the youngest, and only daughter, of Beutner's four children."
"Beutner, a former Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent, is the best known of the challengers seeking to unseat Mayor Karen Bass in the June 2 election. In recent weeks, he has sharply criticized the incumbent's handling of last year's Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes and left 12 people dead. Beutner spokesperson Jeff Millman declined to say how the death would affect Beutner's campaign."
"Beutner's last public event as a candidate was on Jan. 5, a day before his daughter died, when he held a news conference in Pacific Palisades. During that event, he called on the mayor to form a citizens commission to examine what went wrong before, during and after the disaster. The Palisades fire destroyed the Pacific Palisades home of Beutner's mother-in-law. The blaze also seriously damaged Beutner's own home, forcing him to live elsewhere for the past year."
Emily Beutner, 22, died at a hospital on Jan. 6 and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has not released a cause. Her father, mayoral candidate Austin Beutner, asked for privacy and prayers for the family. Emily was a Loyola Marymount University student and the youngest and only daughter among four children. Beutner is a prominent challenger to Mayor Karen Bass and has criticized the city's handling of the Palisades fire. The blaze damaged his home and destroyed his mother-in-law's house, forcing him to live elsewhere. Campaign representatives declined to say how the death will affect his campaign.
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