# Who is Nithya Raman, Los Angeles’s next mayor and democratic socialist?

https://mins.news/en/item/131337

- The Guardian, 2026-11-05 19:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/who-is-nithya-raman-los-angeles-mayor

> Urban planner and political outsider Nithya Raman defeated Karen Bass in a close race to become Los Angeles mayor. She has close ties to Hollywood progressives but a complicated relationship with the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter. Her priorities include housing, homelessness and tenants’ rights.

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