Nithya Raman goes scorched earth on Mayor Karen Bass after councilwoman was pushed out of homelessness committee position

Nypost · Aug 10, 2026 · 574 words · By Jamie Paige

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Nithya Raman goes scorched earth on Mayor Karen Bass after councilwoman was pushed out of homelessness committee position See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google Mayor Karen Bass conspired with a political ally to push rival Nithya Raman out as chair of LA’s Housing and Homelessness Committee, the councilwoman alleged.

Common ground

Raman, who is challenging Bass in November, blasted the shake-up in a video posted to X Monday after the California Post first reported that she was being removed as chair of the committee.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Raman, who is challenging Bass in November”

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Multiple independent news sources and Wikipedia confirm that Nithya Raman is running against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the November 2026 election runoff.

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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 — Karen Ruth Bass (; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass previously served in the U.S. Hous…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Bass

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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 2: “Raman also oversaw the rollout of the city’s redesigned Time-Limited Subsidy program, which had a $62.6 million budget and was expected to help roughly 2,000 households”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the budget or household goals of the Time-Limited Subsidy program.

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Claim 3: “As chair, Raman canceled four of the committee’s first eight scheduled meetings this year by late May”

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The specific detail about canceling four of the first eight meetings by late May is reported in one web search result but not corroborated by others.

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web search NEUTRAL — "For years, Nithya Raman controlled homelessness policy," Rodriguez said. "As chair, she misled councilmembers into remaining invested in the failure that is LAHSA, and just last week, defended anothe…
https://www.foxla.com/news/nithya-raman-faces-losing-la-city…

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web search NEUTRAL — Raman, a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, defeated incumbent councilmember David Ryu in 2020 and was re-elected in 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithya_Raman

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web search NEUTRAL — As chair, Raman canceled four of the committee's first eight scheduled meetings this year by late May, while roughly 133 pending items piled up before the committee. Meanwhile, the city's 2026 homeles…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nithya-raman-go…

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Claim 4: “In my district, it [street homelessness] went down by almost 50%”

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One web search result mentions Raman 'touts district homelessness drop', but the specific figure of 'almost 50%' is not explicitly corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles's 11th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Traci Park since 2022, who succeeded Mike Bonin after …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles's_11th_City_Counci…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles's 4th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Nithya Raman since 2020 after she defeated David Ryu in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles's_4th_City_Council…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles's 10th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Heather Hutt since 2022, after previous member Herb We…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles's_10th_City_Counci…

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Claim 5: “just three households had been permanently housed through the program, as of June 25”

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Claim 6: “Mayor Karen Bass conspired with a political ally to push rival Nithya Raman out as chair of LA’s Housing and Homelessness Committee”

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Multiple sources confirm Nithya Raman was removed as Chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee and that she publicly alleged this was political punishment orchestrated by Mayor Bass and the Council President.

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Claim 7: “the city’s 2026 homeless count found 45,194 homeless people in Los Angeles, up 3.4% from the previous year”

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Multiple sources, including an opinion piece and a news report on the 2026 count, confirm the figure of 45,194 homeless people in Los Angeles and the increase from the previous year.

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web search NEUTRAL — Across Los Angeles County, homelessness also increased, with overall homelessness rising 1.2% from 73,040 in 2025 to 72,195 in 2026, according to the annual Point-in-Time Count released Friday.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/24/us-news/long-delayed-lahsa-cou…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the numbers for its Greater Los Angeles 2026 Homeless Count on Friday, July 24. After two years of encouraging numbers, which overall showe…
https://smmirror.com/2026-homeless-count-unhoused-population…

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web search NEUTRAL — The latest annual count, released last week, registered 45,194 unhoused people in the city of Los Angeles this year, up from 43,695 the year prior. That’s still below the level recorded during Mayor K…
https://calmatters.org/commentary/2026/08/los-angeles-homele…

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Claim 8: “Unsheltered homelessness jumped 7.9% to 29,115 people”

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The specific figure of 29,115 for unsheltered homelessness is reported by the NY Post, but no other independent source in the evidence confirms this exact number.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — 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
https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/nithya-raman-out-as-he…

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Claim 9: “Karen Bass approached these crises with urgency, cleaning up over 120 encampments and unlocking 100,000 new homes”

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Claim 10: “City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson is who Raman is referring to as the ally”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Marqueece Harris-Dawson is the City Council President and is identified as a Bass ally involved in the committee restructuring.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bernard C. Parks (born December 7, 1943) is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th district in South Los Angeles from 2003 to 2015. A membe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_C._Parks

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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 President of the Los Angeles City Council is the presiding officer of the Los Angeles City Council. The president presides as chair over meetings of the council and assignments to City Council com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Los_Angeles_C…

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Claim 11: “Sixteen months later, the mayor’s office still hasn’t hired someone to lead it [Bureau of Homelessness Oversight]”

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Claim 12: “roughly 133 pending items piled up before the committee”

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The specific number of 133 pending items is mentioned in one web search result but not corroborated by other independent sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness will meet tomorrow Tuesday, 31st May 2016 at 10:30am in Committee Room 3, Leinster House.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/press-centre/press-releases/201…

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web search NEUTRAL — “The simple fact is that we are not going to solve homelessness… until we do two things,” Murray added. “First of all, we have to focus much more on preventing homelessness before it happens.”
https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2026/01/23/we-arent-go…

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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.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/nithya-raman-out-as-he…

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Claim 13: “The mayor has blocked our independently elected city controller from doing an audit of her signature homelessness program, Inside Safe”

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The claim appears in the NY Post and a cross-reference, but no other independent news sources or official documents in the provided evidence confirm that the mayor blocked the controller's audit.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jason Lee Johnson (born August 16, 1977), known professionally as Jason Lee, is an American media entrepreneur, podcaster, and politician serving as vice mayor of Stockton, California, for District 6.…
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Claim 14: “Nithya Raman canceled committee meetings for weeks, didn’t show up to votes”

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