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fromLos Angeles Times
5 days agoL.A. County labor coalition backs Karen Bass, slams Raman as a 'political opportunist'
The head of the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, blasted Nithya Raman on Wednesday, calling the city council member an "opportunist" for launching a campaign to unseat Mayor Karen Bass after previously signaling her support for Bass. Federation president Yvonne Wheeler said in a statement that her organization, which represents an estimated 800,000 workers, will "use every tool" in its arsenal to get Bass reelected.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week agoCommentary: By running for mayor, Nithya Raman will learn how left L.A. really is - or isn't
Nithya Raman, a progressive L.A. council member, launched a mayoral bid against Mayor Karen Bass, intensifying Democratic Socialist influence and intra-left political challenges.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week agoCommentary: A political earthquake in mayor's race makes election a referendum on L.A.'s future
I had to set fire to my scorecard, and to the column I had just drafted, which touched on all the expected big-name challengers who had bowed out of the mayoral race in the past several days: L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, billionaire businessman Rick Caruso (who forced a runoff with Bass the last time around), and former L.A. Unified schools chief Austin Beutner.
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