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Nithya Raman

CA · Los Angeles City Councilmember, District 4

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Nithya Raman is an urban planner who has represented Los Angeles City Council District 4 since 2020. A Harvard graduate with an MIT master's in urban planning, she founded a homelessness services nonprofit and led Time's Up Entertainment.

Where Nithya Raman stands, based on their records

Supports

Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records)

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
  • Chief Executive Officer$32,434
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

Outside groups, such as PACs and super PACs, spend this money on the race. The candidate's campaign does not spend it, and none of it goes to the candidate.

Outside groups spent $88,019 to support this candidate.

Groups that spent money supporting this candidate (1)

Outside groups spent $1,203,000 to oppose this candidate.

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

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support

  • Moved a measure with Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky to expand Los Angeles' Red Flag fire warning system, asking for citywide coordination and tighter rules in very high fire hazard areas. The City Council adopted it, as amended, on May 13, 2026.

    January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: cityclerk.lacity.org · researched August 21, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 1 support

  • Moved a plan for a citywide self-certification program for simpler building projects, meant to speed up permits and get more housing built while keeping code and safety rules in place. The City Council adopted it, as amended, on February 5, 2025.

    February 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: cityclerk.lacity.org · researched August 21, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support

  • Voted against making the last encampment on Rose Avenue in Venice a no-camping zone under city code section 41.18. She was one of four no votes; the council approved the zone 11-4. She said that part of 41.18 repeats laws the city already has and mostly moves homelessness around a neighborhood.

    April 14, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: westsidecurrent.com · researched July 3, 2026

  • Moved a measure directing Los Angeles to set up a bureau inside the city Housing Department to oversee homelessness programs, track how they perform and manage their data. The City Council adopted it on March 19, 2025.

    March 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: cityclerk.lacity.org · researched August 21, 2026

Race Nithya Raman is in:

  • Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Los Angeles city, California

Profile last researched August 7, 2026.