Karen Bass

Nithya Raman wins the Los Angeles mayoral race as incumbent Karen Bass concedes on Thursday. The victory marks the first time an incumbent mayor has been defeated in the city since 2005. Raman, who first joined the Los Angeles City Council in 2020, is an Indian‑born urban planner known for her work on homelessness. She lives in Silver Lake with her husband, television writer Vali Chandrasekaran, and their 10‑year‑old twins.

Nithya Raman, a Los Angeles City Council member for the Fourth District, has defeated incumbent Mayor Karen Bass to become the city's next mayor. With about three-quarters of ballots counted, Raman held roughly 52 per cent of the vote to Bass's 48 per cent, a margin of about 35,000 votes out of 824,000 counted. Bass conceded by phone on Thursday. Raman, 45, is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and Bernie Sanders. She is the first challenger to unseat a Los Angeles mayor since 2005.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says the encounter was unacceptable and will launch an investigation involving the Attorney General’s Office and Representative Robert Garcia’s office. Video from 31 Oct shows an ICE officer pointing a handgun at a bystander's head while trying to apprehend an unidentified suspect at the intersection of Vineland Place and Otsego Street in North Hollywood. A second ICE agent is seen holding a spray canister that later falls onto grass, and the bystander, walking two dogs, tosses the canister onto the street after the first agent leaves.