Critics say the candidate failed to lead a homelessness committee with the urgency needed to combat L.A.'s enduring crisis. Raman claims that politics were at play.
Noah Goldberg
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The showdown in Sherman Oaks was the first face-to-face debate since Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman emerged as the top vote-getters in the June 2 mayoral primary.
Legal analysts say the motive of Median Strategies in putting out the phony poll would be a decisive factor in determining whether any laws were broken.
The bogus poll -- which the company claimed was a social media experiment -- also showed Bass picking up support from most voters who supported Spencer Pratt in the mayoral primary.
Nithya Raman will lose her post as chair of the L.A. City Council's Housing and Homelessness Committee just as the mayoral race between her and Mayor Karen Bass enters its final months.
The Lineage cold-storage fire, the rise in homelessness numbers and staff turnover have created new challenges for Bass as she heads to a Nov. 3 runoff with Nithya Raman.
Bass pulled in more than $510,000 in contributions while Raman raised just over $170,000.




