Exclusive | Nithya Raman out as homelessness chair as LA splits troubled committee

Nypost · Aug 10, 2026 · 962 words · By Jamie Paige

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Nithya Raman out as homelessness chair as LA splits troubled committee See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Nithya Raman out as homelessness chair as LA splits troubled committee See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google LA pol Nithya Raman is losing her powerful post overseeing the city’s homeless crisis after a string of embarrassing botched initiatives — including a $62.6 million housing push that placed just three households.

Common ground

The stunning ouster involving the city councilwoman and mayoral wannabe, who is challenging Mayor Karen Bass in November, is being framed as a necessary step in the splitting of the current Housing and Homelessness Committee she chairs, sources told The…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Federal investigators found LAHSA failed to verify nearly 2,300 housing sites it was responsible for overseeing”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 2: “The federal government suspended Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) from federal grant activity”

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Claim 3: “The mayor has blocked our independently elected city controller from doing an audit of her signature homelessness program, Inside Safe”

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Web search results confirm that Raman has publicly claimed Mayor Bass blocked City Controller Kenneth Mejia from auditing 'Inside Safe', and other sources note the City Attorney's position that the charter prohibits such an audit without consent.

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web search NEUTRAL — LA Mayor Karen Bass outpaces Councilmember Nithya Raman in campaign fundraising. In the same video message, Raman said Bass “blocked” City Controller Kenneth Mejia from conducting an audit of Inside S…
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/nithya-raman-karen-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks at a press conference regarding updates on the warehouse fire at Lineage Cold Storage. Jon Putman for CA Post.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nithya-raman-go…

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web search NEUTRAL — The city attorney’s position is that the city charter “prohibits the controller from auditing Inside Safe without the mayor’s consent.” That position has been disputed by the controller and the chair …
https://laist.com/brief/news/housing-homelessness/judge-blas…

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Claim 4: “The 2026 homeless count estimated 45,194 homeless people in Los Angeles, up 3.4% from the previous year, while unsheltered homelessness surged 7.9% to 29,115”

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Claim 5: “roughly 70% of contracts tied to those sites showed no reported spending during the previous year”

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Claim 6: “a $62.6 million housing push that placed just three households”

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Two independent sources (CA Post and another report cited in the web results) specifically mention a $62.6 million housing initiative championed by Raman that placed only three households.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election will be held on November 3, 2026 to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. A nonpartisan top-two primary was held on June 2, 2026. Incumbent mayor Karen Bass…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Los_Angeles_mayoral_elect…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America (DSA-LA) is the Los Angeles County chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). In the late 2010s and early 2020s, DSA-LA became a significant fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Democratic_Sociali…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nithya V. Raman (born July 28, 1981) is an American urban planner, activist, and politician serving as the Los Angeles city councilmember for the 4th district since 2020. Raman, a member of the Democr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithya_Raman

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Claim 7: “Imelda Padilla... is meanwhile set to head the now-separate housing panel”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for Nithya Raman and Janeese Lewis George, and a dictionary definition of 'councilwoman'. None of the evidence mentions Imelda Padilla heading a housing panel.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nithya V. Raman (born July 28, 1981) [1] is an American urban planner, activist, and politician serving as the Los Angeles city councilmember for the 4th district since 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithya_Raman

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web search NEUTRAL — Janeese Lewis George (born April 30, 1988) [1] is an American lawyer, politician, and activist from Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 4 and a member…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janeese_Lewis_George

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 5, 2026 · The meaning of COUNCILWOMAN is a woman who is a member of a council.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/councilwoman

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Claim 8: “Former Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine, who spent 12 years at City Hall from 2001 to 2013”

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Wikipedia and other biographical sources explicitly confirm Dennis Zine served on the Los Angeles City Council for the 3rd district from 2001 to 2013.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zine, age 77, brings immense institutional memory and experience to the commission. He previously served the West San Fernando Valley on the LA City Council for 12 years (2001-2013) as well as serving…
https://cd3.lacity.gov/articles/press-release-councilmember-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dennis Phillip Zine is an American politician, who served on the Los Angeles City Council for the 3rd district from 2001 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party who later became unaffiliated in 2011…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Zine

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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles City Council Zine was elected to represent the Third District, representing a large part of the San Fernando Valley in Northeastern Los Angeles, in 2001, later reelected in 2005 and 2009, …
https://peoplepill.com/people/dennis-zine

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Claim 9: “councilwoman and mayoral wannabe, who is challenging Mayor Karen Bass in November”

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Two independent cross-references from Flipboard confirm that Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Mayor Karen Bass.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Los Angeles elections were held on March 5, 2024. Voters will elect candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for November 5. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Los_Angeles_elections

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Claim 10: “LA pol Nithya Raman is losing her powerful post overseeing the city’s homeless crisis”

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Multiple independent sources (CA Post, MyNewsLA, and other reports) confirm that Nithya Raman is being removed as the chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee as it is split into two separate panels.

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Claim 11: “City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson is expected to announce the leadership reshuffle later this week”

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Multiple sources (CA Post, MyNewsLA, and other reports) state that Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson is expected to announce the leadership reshuffle/split of the committee.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marqueece L. Harris-Dawson (born November 7, 1969) is an American politician, currently serving as the president of the Los Angeles City Council since September 20, 2024. A member of the Democratic P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marqueece_Harris-Dawson

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles City Council is the lawmaking body for the city government of Los Angeles, California, the second largest city in the United States. It has 15 members who each represent the 15 city co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_City_Council

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Claim 12: “A March 2024 proposal exploring greater city control over homelessness programs sat for 316 days before Raman’s committee took it up”

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Claim 13: “cleaning up over 120 encampments and unlocking 100,000 new homes”

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Claim 14: “Raman, 36, has helmed the top position since 2023”

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The claim states Raman is 36. However, Wikipedia explicitly states she was born on July 28, 1981, which would make her 43 or 44 years old. The part about her helming the position since 2023 is corroborated by web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eunisses Hernandez (born 1990) is an American activist and politician, currently serving as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 1st district since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunisses_Hernandez

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Claim 15: “More than 130 matters piled up after every Housing and Homelessness Committee meeting over a five-week stretch in April and May was canceled”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim about 130 matters piling up due to canceled meetings in April and May.

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Claim 16: “City Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado... is expected to lead the newly separated committee on homelessness”

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While one source mentions Ysabel Jurado in the context of the committee split, other sources mention her chairing an 'Ad Hoc Committee to Review Measure ULA', which is a different function. There is not enough independent corroboration to confirm she is leading the new homelessness committee specifically.

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web search NEUTRAL — The ad hoc committee is expected to be dissolved no later than April 30 unless it is extended by the council. Councilwoman Nithya Raman, chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee and a supporter…
https://mynewsla.com/government/2026/03/19/jurado-to-lead-ci…

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web search NEUTRAL — Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado chairs a new committee to review Measure ULA as revenue hits $1B. LA faces mounting pressure to reform the "Mansion Tax" by April.
https://www.westsidecurrent.com/la_city_council/councilwoman…

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web search NEUTRAL — LA is splitting its homelessness committee and removing chair Nithya Raman after a $62.6M housing initiative placed just three households.Los Angeles City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado is pictured durin…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nithya-raman-ho…

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Claim 17: “Raman’s committee nevertheless approved another $358 million for LAHSA in this year’s budget”

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