Los Angeles council member Nithya Raman’s past comments have come back to haunt her amid her ongoing bid to become the city’s next mayor. Newly resurfaced video from a debate she did in January 2024, shows the liberal politician expressing her strong opposition to a law that would keep dangerous homeless encampments away from LA city schools. Raman’s shocking comments included, “I don’t think a kid’s gonna be safer because a tent is 500 feet away from a school. It’s like, you know, whatever.”