Nithya Raman, Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martínez have proved that incumbents in L.A. politics are not invincible, pushing the City Council to the left.
For decades, Los Angeles City Council members enjoyed a near-invincible aura of protection. In a system predicated on maintaining the status quo, reelection was practically a fait accompli, so long as one did the bare minimum and avoided openly taking bribes. That truism exploded in 2020, when a 39-year-old Silver Lake urban planner stormed the proverbial gates with a candidacy powered by progressives who had previously paid more attention to national politics than to their own backyards.
city elections were held in off-cycle years and decided by a tiny electorate that was whiter, richer and older than the city at large. Reforms that went into effect in 2020 synced up local elections with state and national elections, juicing turnout and delivering a younger, more diverse electorate to the polls. Raman’s detractors may brand her as a radical, but the Harvard alum, now 42, is more policy wonk than zealot.
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