Raman is running on a platform of ending homelessness, curbing climate change and making L.A.'s City Hall more transparent.
Time's Up Entertainment Director Nithya Raman is stepping down from the advocacy organization in order to focus on a run for L.A. City Council, Time's Up announced Thursday.
“I’m so proud that our own Nithya Raman is among the many women who’ve seized this historic moment by running for office. Under Nithya’s leadership, TIME’S UP Entertainment has grown to be a force to be reckoned with and we’re greatly indebted to her integrity, strategic thinking, and fearlessness," Time's Up interim CEO Rebecca Goldman said in a statement. "While we’re sad to see her go, we’re thrilled to see Nithya bring those talents to bear as she runs for City Council.
Raman, an urban planner who had worked on L.A.'s homeless crisis and rights for inhabitants of Indian slums before joining Time's Up in July 2018, initially announced her run for the Council on August 7. In a video that launched her campaign, Raman said that she wanted to run to help improve L.A.'s homelessness and high-rent problem.
"They make it so hard for people to get out of homelessness here," she says in the video. "But there aren't that many people who are in the race for City Council or who are currently holding these offices that feel the same level of urgency I do." According to her, Raman is running on a platform that aims to curb homelessness, reach carbon neutrality in L.A.
Raman is running for District 4, which encompasses Hollywood, Koreatown, Larchmont Village, Los Feliz, the Miracle Mile, Silver Lake, Coldwater Canyon and Windsor Square neighborhoods and is currently overseen by Councilmember David Ryu, Ryu has served in the role since 2015.
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