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The other side: Bass strategist Julie Chavez Rodriguez told Axios and Noticias Telemundo that voters are talking about rent
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Raman's version of democratic socialism sounds less revolutionary than municipal.
Key facts
- The intrigue: The Berkeley poll had Raman ahead 66%-4% among likely voters under 30, while 56% rated Bass' response to the Palisades Fire poor or poor
- Raman became the first Asian American woman and first South Asian elected to the L.A. City Council in 2020
- Bass strategist Julie Chavez Rodriguez told Axios and Noticias Telemundo that voters are talking about rent, affordable housing, public safety and whether they can afford to raise families in Los
- LOS ANGELES, Voters could make history next month by giving the two largest U.S. cities something in common: South Asian immigrant democratic socialist mayors
Summary
LOS ANGELES, Voters could make history next month by giving the two largest U.S. cities something in common: South Asian immigrant democratic socialist mayors. Such a pairing would capture two forces reshaping urban America, its growing diversity and the Democratic Party's shifting ideological boundaries. New York, the nation's largest city, is already led by democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The challenger in Los Angeles is Nithya Raman, an Indian-born urban planner and two-term City Council member who is trying to unseat Democratic Mayor Karen Bass on Nov. 3. Bass, elected in 2022, is the first woman to serve as mayor of Los Angeles.