{"id":10424,"date":"2026-05-20T14:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10424"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:36:59","slug":"nithya-raman-faces-growing-criticism-as-residents-and-political-allies-question-her-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10424","title":{"rendered":"Nithya Raman faces growing criticism as residents and political allies question her leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Residents in Nithya Raman\u2019s district are sounding the alarm, accusing the progressive candidate who vowed to amplify their voices of leaving them shut out, ignored and unable to get answers from her office.<\/p>\n<p>Raman stormed into City Hall in 2020 as a grassroots political insurgent, unseating an incumbent councilmember in what many viewed as a major upset.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An urban planner and co-founder of a homelessness outreach organization, she built her campaign around housing affordability, homelessness and tenant protections.<\/p>\n<p>Raman frequently framed herself as an outsider willing to challenge City Hall\u2018s status quo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nithya Raman is facing criticism from some residents and neighborhood leaders in her district who say they struggled to get responses and engagement from her office. <span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, as Raman seeks Los Angeles\u2019 highest office, critics across her district describe a very different experience, one they say left them frustrated, shut out and struggling to be heard.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In speaking with The California Post, residents repeatedly cited the same frustrations: unanswered calls, difficulty securing meetings and feeling shut out of decisions shaping their communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked and horrified at how she treated people,\u201d said Shira Scott Astrof, who lives near Runyon Canyon. Astrof said her frustrations with the councilmember began while trying to help residents in her building navigate affordable housing concerns and fears over potentially losing their housing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Residents and community leaders across Los Angeles described growing frustration with communication and responsiveness. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBecause tenant protections had become one of Raman\u2019s signature issues, I thought for sure the council office would become involved,\u201d Asrof told the California Post. Astrof said she encouraged neighbors to contact Raman\u2019s office and seek assistance. She said the response was not what she expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI either got wrong information, rude information, but most of the time they just wouldn\u2019t answer our emails or return calls,\u201d Astrof said. \u201cShe ran on her biggest thing being that she protects renters,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Shira Scott Astrof described turning to elected officials for help while advocating for residents. <span class=\"credit\">CraSH\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maria\u00a0Kalban, said her frustration with Raman wasn\u2019t over a single disagreement \u2014 it grew out of years spent working on land-use and planning issues \u2014 where she said extensive community efforts repeatedly ran into a wall with Raman\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>When Raman first took office, Kalban said she believed the councilmember\u2019s urban planning background would lead to meaningful collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Kalban and her husband had spent years involved in neighborhood planning, including helping build United Neighbors, a coalition linking roughly 150 community groups across Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Kalban said residents spent months crafting proposals they believed would meet state housing mandates while directing growth toward major corridors and commercial areas instead of single-family neighborhoods. \u201cWe did our homework on this,\u201d Kalban said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fellow City Hall allies recently backed Karen Bass over Raman in the mayor\u2019s race, creating new questions about support within her political base. <span class=\"credit\">Jon Rou\/LMU<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said despite meetings with city agencies and presentations to planning officials and the mayor\u2019s office, they increasingly felt they were getting little traction from Raman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe began to realize there was nothing we could do because she was definitely focused on adding a lot of density into single-family areas, and she didn\u2019t care what else you could come up with,\u201d Kalban said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn<br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X<br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong>Opinion <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>California Post App<\/strong>: Download here!<br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: Sign up here!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over time, Kalban said the experience left her questioning Raman\u2019s willingness to collaborate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has an idea of what she wants to do and no interest in talking to anybody that can offer balance,\u201d Kalban said. \u201cNithya looks like she\u2019s a friendly person, but of all the people we\u2019ve worked with, she is very much an island.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tom Glick, a member of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association and a former Los Angeles city planner who spent more than three decades working for the city, said his disappointment carried another layer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cShe has an idea of what she wants to do and no interest in talking to anybody that can offer balance,\u201d Kalban said. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tom Glick, a member of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association and a former Los Angeles city planner who spent more than three decades working for the city, said his disappointment carried another layer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During his decades in government, Glick said constituent service was considered one of the most basic responsibilities of elected officials. \u201cAll these council people understood that constituency was important,\u201d Glick said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he and members of neighborhood groups repeatedly attempted to schedule meetings involving issues affecting their communities. Eventually, Glick said he filed a public records request seeking calendars from Raman and her staff to understand who was being included in meetings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Cali - Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Glick said he never received a response from Raman, though he later obtained a heavily redacted copy of her chief of staff\u2019s calendar through a public records request.<\/p>\n<p>The California Post reviewed the calendar records obtained through that request.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nithya Raman faces mounting criticism from some residents and community advocates. <span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The documents contained substantial redactions and limited meeting details, offering little insight into outreach or engagement efforts by Raman\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is a council member who only wants to deal with people who support her,\u201d Glick said.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism now appears to be surfacing inside City Hall as well. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Raman faced another political setback when fellow Democratic Socialist-backed council colleagues broke from her mayoral bid and instead lined up behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.<\/p>\n<p>The California Post reached out to Raman\u2019s campaign and council office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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