Overview
- Raman announced her mayoral bid on Feb. 7 and filed paperwork just hours before the city’s deadline for the June 2 primary.
- In a Feb. 9 interview, she described a “moment of turmoil,” citing broken basics like yearlong streetlight repairs and stalled street paving, and pledged to “make Los Angeles work again.”
- Her campaign centers on housing, homelessness, transparency and street safety; she chairs the City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee.
- Bass’s campaign criticized Raman for opposing encampment cleanups and public-safety efforts, while touting declines in street homelessness and homicides; Raman had recently been listed as a Bass endorser.
- Raman has not yet qualified for the ballot, which requires a fee plus 500 valid signatures or 1,000 signatures by March 4, and her late entry follows high-profile decisions by Lindsey Horvath, Austin Beutner and Rick Caruso not to run.