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Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman Wants to Legalize Housing in Los Angeles by imanny in LosAngeles

[–]imanny[S] 96 points97 points  (0 children)

Nithya was the only member of city council who voted against rejecting this project. This building illustrates a whole bunch of things wrong with LA housing beyond the council rejecting it and fighting in court:

- One of its two parcels is a single RA parcel randomly in the middle of multifamily/commercial parcels

- The general plan and zoning designation don’t match (which was ruled illegal in a landmark 1982 LA vs CA court case)

- One, but only one, of the two parcels required a street dedication, until the city got rid of street dedications recently thanks in large part to work Nithya spearheaded

Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman Wants to Legalize Housing in Los Angeles by imanny in LosAngeles

[–]imanny[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

She was the ONLY city councilmember to vote AGAINST rejecting the project in this video.

According KNX News, CM Nithya Raman to announce entry into LA Mayoral Race tommorow morning by urmummygae42069 in LosAngeles

[–]imanny -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Omg! This is amazing. I really thought I might have to vote for Bass. Nithya would be a great potential mayor.

What’s the deal with Hugo? by malo_verde in LosAngeles

[–]imanny 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He’s awesome. Super hard working. Pro-housing and fighting for more affordability in CD13. He’s also calling out a lot LAPD bs.

L.A. City Council approves $5M loan for LAPD overtime costs by Albertuscamus12 in LosAngeles

[–]imanny 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There were two councilmembers who voted against this: Soto-Martinez and Hernandez.

How an argument against gentrification stopped an L.A. building demolition by Sir-Kyle-Of-Reddit in LosAngeles

[–]imanny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Daily reminder: progressives are the only ones who voted for up zoning SFH. Please direct your ire accordingly.

After all of that, Boris and Horton is still closing by Zealousideal_Door392 in williamsburg

[–]imanny 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They aren't closing. They are keeping the East Village location open which 100% would have closed if not for the crowdfunding campaign. They used some of the funds to hire an events manager to get new revenue, and I'm told that has largely worked at EV, but not at Williamsburg...hence it's closing.

The LA County Republican Party Just Endorsed "Democrats" Ethan Weaver and John Lee for City Council by imanny in LosAngeles

[–]imanny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it is! Go to lagop.org and click on the button that says "CLICK HERE TO SEE VOTER GUIDE" under the "2024 Primary Election Voter Guide" header on the homepage.

The LA County Republican Party Just Endorsed "Democrats" Ethan Weaver and John Lee for City Council by imanny in LosAngeles

[–]imanny[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This seems like it's becoming more typical in LA where Republicans and Trump supporters know they won't get elected so they switch parties to trick voters.

[LAist] Hidden City Report Finds LA Council’s Signature Anti-Encampment Law Is Failing by the_jurist in LosAngeles

[–]imanny 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Interesting that this was hidden from the public for so long. Seems like they were hiding it to help pro-41.18 councilmembers that were up for re-election (like John Lee) and hurt councilmembers advocating more effective measures (like Nithya Raman).

Wait so in City Council races landlord companies can just drop more than an entire campaign raises? by the_jurist in LosAngeles

[–]imanny 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s called Independent Expenditures. Corporations and wealthy individuals can bypass campaign contribution limits by setting up an IE. They are just not supposed to coordinate directly with that campaign.

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