Nithya Raman
Nonpartisan · CA · Los Angeles City Councilmember, District 4
Nithya Raman is an urban planner and Los Angeles City Councilmember for the 4th District, first elected in 2020 by unseating incumbent David Ryu and re-elected in 2024. A Harvard graduate with a master's in urban planning from MIT, she founded a homelessness services nonprofit in Los Angeles, worked on sanitation and slum-dweller resources in India, and served as executive director of Time's Up Entertainment. She entered the 2026 mayoral race in February 2026 and advanced to the November runoff against incumbent Karen Bass with about 29% in the June primary.
Campaign Finance Information — Mayor
Campaign Finance Information · Mayor · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $980,930
- Spent
- $2,159,428
- Cash on hand
- $294,891
- Public funds
- $1,768,708
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Not Employed$131,940
- Writer$119,099
- Elected Representative$61,800
- Attorney$32,733
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- Chief Executive Officer$32,434
- Actor$21,722
- Producer$18,077
- Retired$14,536
- Lawyer$14,398
- Physician$13,739
- Architect$13,295
- Tv Writer$13,004
- Software Engineer$11,907
- Executive$10,701
- Director$9,093
- Professor$8,189
- Filmmaker$7,507
- Musician$7,027
- Film Producer$7,000
- Engineer$6,371
Direct contributions by size
- $5,000+$110,407
- $1,000-$4,999$495,475
- $500-$999$127,441
- $250-$499$110,249
- $100-$249$146,586
- $1-$99$10,420
Spending by outside groups
Money spent on this race by outside groups — such as PACs and super PACs — not by the candidate's own campaign. This spending is not coordinated with the candidate's campaign and does not go directly to the candidate.
Outside money spent supporting this candidate: $88,019
Groups that spent money supporting this candidate (1)
- Streets for All Los Angeles PAC$88,019
The political arm of Streets for All, a Los Angeles group pushing for transit, safer streets and bike lanes. · data.lacity.org · streetsforall.org · la.streetsblog.org
Outside money spent opposing this candidate: $1,203,000
Groups that spent money opposing this candidate (2)
- Los Angeles Police Protective League Independent Expenditure Committee$1,028,000
Police money: funded mainly by the LAPD officers' union, plus the real-estate firms Douglas Emmett and Kilroy Realty. · data.lacity.org · en.wikipedia.org
- Los Angeles Police Protective League PAC$175,000
The campaign fund of the union for LAPD officers up to the rank of lieutenant. · data.lacity.org · en.wikipedia.org
Source: Los Angeles City Ethics · 2026 cycle · data.lacity.org
Track record
Housing Affordability
· 1 record
As chair of the City Council's Housing and Homelessness Committee, oversaw homelessness policy and eliminated large tent encampments in her district through service-led moves into non-congregate shelters; in her mayoral platform she proposed scaling back Inside Safe and restructuring city oversight of the homelessness response.
April 8, 2026For
Source: laist.com · researched July 3, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 2 records
Voted against expansions and applications of Municipal Code 41.18, the anti-camping ordinance — one of only a few council no votes in 2021-2022 and again on the April 14, 2026 Venice enforcement zone, which passed 11-4 — arguing enforcement pushes encampments between districts instead of prioritizing citywide intervention by need.
April 14, 2026For
Source: foxla.com · researched July 3, 2026
As chair of the City Council's Housing and Homelessness Committee, oversaw homelessness policy and eliminated large tent encampments in her district through service-led moves into non-congregate shelters; in her mayoral platform she proposed scaling back Inside Safe and restructuring city oversight of the homelessness response.
April 8, 2026For
Source: laist.com · researched July 3, 2026
Elections
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Los Angeles city, California
Profile last researched July 3, 2026.