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Raman’s not rolling on the River

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It’s rare that candidates get a trial run for an office they’ve never held. But Nithya Raman did — and she failed.

As The California Post reported this weekend, Raman used her position on the LA City Council to obtain $4 million in state funding to clear 90 homeless tents from the banks of the LA River.

That was almost two years ago. The homeless tents are still there. And Raman is blaming the bureaucracy.

Funny — bureaucracy didn’t stop Raman’s colleague, Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, from using a similar grant in the same timeframe to move 90 people into stable housing and out of RVs parked on the streets in her district.

Raman’s failure is made worse by the fact that she chairs the homeless and housing committee in the city council. She is in a position to make things happen.

Or, to quote Rodriguez: “I don’t understand how everyone else is doing what Ms. Raman........

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