Netflix co-CEO endorses ex-Republican for Los Angeles mayor, in full-page ad

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is criticizing the Democratic Party "machine" and endorsing Republican-turned Democrat Rick Caruso for Los Angeles mayor in a full-page advertisement.

"The entire Machine of the Democratic Party had aligned for a candidate that is part of the very system that is failing this city. They are wrong," Sarandos wrote, referring to front-running Democrat mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass, in The Hollywood Reporter advertisement published Sunday.

"I am a lifetime Democrat. Rick is the Democrat I've been waiting for, one with a plan and a track record of accomplishing impossible tasks," Sarandos said. 

Caruso, a billionaire real-estate mogul, was registered as a Republican or an independent until this year.

"If you think the city is well run and you want more of the same, don't vote for Rick," Sarandos continued. "If you are tired of the inhumane way the homeless population lives in this city, the filth that goes uncleaned, the corruption in city hall, shrinking law enforcement and rising crime and now, the threat of even higher taxes vote for Rick Caruso."

Bass goes into Election Day four points ahead of Caruso, at 45-41%, according to NPR.