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LA is splitting its homelessness committee and removing chair Nithya Raman after a $62.6M housing initiative placed just three households.
Nithya Raman is losing her powerful post overseeing Los Angeles ’ homelessness crisis after roughly three and a half years marked by canceled meetings, stalled reforms and a $62.6 million housing initiative she championed that placed just three households.
City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson is splitting the Housing and Homelessness Committee Raman has chaired since 2023 as part of a leadership reshuffle. The announcement will be made in a letter set to be released later this week, the California Post has learned. LA Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles, California, Friday, July 24, 2026.
Jurado’s district includes Skid Row, downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights and has historically contained the city’s largest concentration of homelessness. The shake-up comes as Raman challenges Mayor Karen Bass for mayor and faces growing scrutiny over her homelessness record — a centerpiece of her campaign. LA Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles, California, Friday, July 24, 2026.
Raman’s work on the homeless committee has routinely stalled since she announced her campaign for mayor.by June 25 despite a goal of moving roughly 2,000 into permanent housing, city records reported by The Post showed. Another major reform also stalled: a March 2024 proposal exploring greater city control over homelessness programs sat for 316 days before Raman’s committee took it up.
Homeless people and closed storefronts are seen along a section of Van Nuys Boulevard near the 99 Cents Store on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Los Angeles. The area has fallen into decline over the years with the closure of a nearby old movie theater. Homeless people and closed storefronts are seen along a section of Van Nuys Boulevard near a 99 Cents Store on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Los Angeles.
Federal investigators found LAHSA failed to verify nearly 2,300 housing sites it was responsible for overseeing, while roughly 70% of contracts tied to those sites showed no reported spending during the previous year. Raman’s committee nevertheless approved another $358 million for LAHSA in this year’s budget because City Hall still lacked the infrastructure to replace it.
Raman has argued the turmoil validates her push for stronger city oversight.estimated 45,194 homeless people in Los Angeles, up 3.4% from the previous year, while unsheltered homelessness surged 7.9% to 29,115.
“The mayor’s job is not to explain why someone else is responsible,” Raman said. “The mayor’s job is to take charge of the system and deliver results. ” Raman is campaigning on a promise to cut unsheltered homelessness citywide by at least 50% before the 2028 Olympics, but she will now have to make that case without the homelessness committee gavel. LA Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles, California, Friday, July 24, 2026.
LA Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles, California, Friday, July 24, 2026. Homeless people and closed storefronts are seen along a section of Van Nuys Boulevard near the 99 Cents Store on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Los Angeles. The area has fallen into decline over the years with the closure of a nearby old movie theater.
Homeless people and closed storefronts are seen along a section of Van Nuys Boulevard near a 99 Cents Store on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Los Angeles.
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