Los Angeles has a new mayor. City Councilmember Nithya Raman has defeated incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, and Bass has conceded. Raman becomes the first South Asian mayor of America’s second-largest city and joins NYC’s Zohran Mamdani as a democratic socialist leading a major U.S. city.
In this video:
• How Raman went from endorsing Bass to beating her
• Bass’s concession: "The people of Los Angeles have spoken"
• The wildfire controversy that upended the race
• Housing, homelessness and affordability: what Raman promised
• Raman, Mamdani and the rise of democratic socialist mayors
• What this means for LA, the 2028 Olympics and beyond
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