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On the weekend before the election, Mayor Karen Bass is heading back out with developer Rick Caruso, while Councilmember Nithya Raman meets downtown hotel workers.
Democratic socialists in L.A. and around the country are debating whether to rescind the DSA’s endorsement of Nithya Raman for L.A. mayor.
Nithya Raman hasn’t been endorsed by any of her City Council colleagues. But City Controller Kenneth Mejia is making up for that.
Tuesday’s televised debate could be the last time Raman and Bass go head-to-head before the Nov. 3 election.
Bass’ campaign accused Raman her of skipping a Jewish Heritage Month event to appear on Hasan Piker’s livestream; Raman’s camp says the Bass campaign is spreading misinformation.
Unlike some DSA-endorsed candidates, the council member declined to give a yes or no answer to an assortment of hot-button questions, opting for longer explanations.
Mayor Karen Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman and their well-funded allies rolled out some catchy political advertising on television and other political platforms this week.
L.A.’s homeless authority is under attack from all sides. Now, even Bass has stepped down from its board
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Contributors to Geese Magazine, billed as a “daily review of American Communism,” have gone back and forth over whether Democratic Socialists of America should endorse Raman for L.A. mayor.
Pratt said Bass was “an assassin” and a “very skilled politician” who “made mincemeat of Nithya throughout the debate, both stylistically and substantively.”
Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said his decision to remove Nithya Raman as homelessness committee chair wasn’t punishment at all.
The former reality TV star has a history of lavish spending on hotels, according to his memoir, “The Guy You Loved to Hate.”
