# Raman Up That Hill

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Podcast: [LA Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/la-podcast-414114)
Published: 2026-02-16T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thinkforward.la/la-podcast/
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Duration seconds: 3294

## Resource

Alissa, Mike, Rachel, and Olga unpack Nithya Raman’s surprise mayoral run. How the LA city councilmember’s last-minute decision to challenge incumbent Karen Bass has rattled establishment Democrats and angered activists on the left — and why comparisons to progressive officials in other cities don’t really hold up. Then: Trump’s attorney general Pam Bondi is suddenly worried about crime in Culver City.

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