Who is Nithya Raman, the democratic socialist who will be Los Angeles’s next mayor?
Summary
Nithya Raman defeated incumbent Karen Bass in a close race to become Los Angeles’s next mayor, according to the article. The urban planner first won a City Council seat in 2020 and has focused her campaigns on housing, homelessness and tenants’ rights.Key Facts
- Raman unseated a sitting Los Angeles City Council member in 2020, the first such defeat in 17 years, according to the article.
- Her 2020 campaign was endorsed by Bernie Sanders and was the first Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed campaign to win office in Los Angeles.
- Raman joined the Democratic Socialists of America’s Los Angeles chapter in 2019.
- Her mayoral platform calls for more housing across income levels, including affordable, market-rate and social housing, as well as homeless shelters.
- Raman has said she aims to triple the city’s annual housing construction.
- She co-founded the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition in 2017; the group organizes outreach and advocacy in northeast Los Angeles.
- Raman previously worked as entertainment director for Time’s Up, a group that created a legal defense fund for people facing sexual harassment and assault.
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