Nithya Raman

Los Angeles City Councilmember

Los Angeles, CA

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What is Nithya Raman running for?

Race: Mayor
Party: Unknown
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Current role: Los Angeles City Councilmember

Nithya Raman is a Los Angeles City Councilmember representing District 4 since 2020. An urban planner by training, she holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree from MIT. Before her election to the city council, Raman co-founded the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition. She is running for Mayor of Los Angeles in the 2026 election, focusing on issues such as housing affordability, homelessness, and environmental sustainability.

Where does Nithya Raman stand on the issues?

Nithya Raman has a recorded position on 10 issues. Each is Civoren's summary of the campaign's own public material, with the source linked.

Affordable Housing
Supports
Supports strong renter protections, including reducing rent increases for the first time in 40 years, expanding just-cause eviction protections, right to counsel, and anti-harassment enforcement.
“Capped the rent after 40 years ... Passed the strongest renters' protections in Los Angeles history.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Animal Rights
Supports
Supports humane animal services - expanding spay/neuter services, funding shelter care and enrichment, reforming euthanasia decisions, and cracking down on animal cruelty and neglect.
“We will make the city's shelters more humane by funding basic care and enrichment and reforming euthanasia decisions.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Environment & Sustainability
Supports
Supports climate action and environmental accountability - renewable energy, cleaner air, parks and shade, and resilience to wildfire, heat, drought and flooding - backed by implementation and accountability infrastructure.
“We committed to 100% renewable energy years ahead of the state, and we announced a Green New Deal.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Homelessness
Supports
Supports a data-driven, accountable homelessness response - an oversight bureau, performance tracking, and moving people indoors - citing a 49% decline in street homelessness in her council district.
“Street homelessness is down 49% in Council District 4, and I will bring the same approach as your next mayor.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Housing & Development
Supports
Supports building substantially more housing of all types - deed-restricted affordable, market-rate, social housing, and shelters - to bring down housing costs, proposing to triple annual housing construction.
“We must build much more housing to reduce housing costs. This includes housing at all income levels, everything from deed-restricted affordable housing to market rate housing to social housing to homeless shelters. ... Our plan will triple annual housing construction.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Immigration
Supports
Supports making Los Angeles the strongest sanctuary city in the country, protecting immigrants from ICE and federal intimidation, and designing city systems to work for immigrant families.
“Los Angeles should be the strongest sanctuary city in the country.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Jobs & Job Creation
Supports
Supports keeping film and entertainment production in Los Angeles - a dedicated LA Film Office, faster and more predictable permitting, lower fees for smaller productions, and expanded film tax credits.
“Los Angeles is losing Hollywood. ... We must do everything in our power to keep this industry here.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Public Safety
Supports
Supports reimagining public safety by scaling unarmed crisis response citywide and integrating it into 911, strengthening civilian oversight of LAPD, and investing in prevention - while maintaining armed response where necessary.
“We must design a system that safeguards our accountability and stops defaulting to armed officers for every call for help.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Small Business & Local Business Support
Supports
Supports making city government a partner to small businesses - hard deadlines and simplified permitting, filling empty storefronts, and protections such as a higher tax exemption and anti-landlord-harassment measures.
“We will make City Hall a partner instead of an obstacle by setting hard deadlines, simplifying permitting, and giving every small business a single point of contact.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026
Transportation
Supports
Supports delivering the transit and street-safety improvements voters approved (Measures R, M and HLA), building out rail/transit and safer streets with urgency rather than continued delay.
“Los Angeles moves too slowly, spends too inefficiently, plans too haphazardly, and acts too timidly to give people the transportation network they've already voted for.”
nithyaforthecity.comAs of September 2026

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Mayor

Primary election

Los Angeles, CaliforniaEnded 6/2/2026

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What is Nithya Raman running for?

Where does Nithya Raman stand on the issues?

Affordable Housing

Animal Rights

Environment & Sustainability

Homelessness

Housing & Development

Immigration

Jobs & Job Creation

Public Safety

Small Business & Local Business Support

Transportation