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Joining me on IHIP News is Los Angeles. City Council member and candidate for. mayor, Nithia Ramen. Nthia, welcome to. IHIP News. Uh we are hoping that this is. a big stop for all people running for. office. Um tell me, you're in a heated. you were in a heated primary with Karen. Bass and Spencer Pratt. And what I took. from that was that people in LA are. pissed right now. >> So pissed that a lot of Democrats were. throwing parties for Spencer Pratt.

What happened? What's the breakdown for. those of us that don't live in LA? >> Well, I think you're right that people. are fed up here. And what you saw in. that primary election was that 23 of. voters didn't vote for an incumbent. mayor, which in a city like Los Angeles. is incredibly rare. That almost never. happens. But I think that that speaks to. how. exhausted people are with the state of. things here in this city where this. mayor has proven to be unprepared for.

emergencies, whether it was the. Palisades fire last year or whether it. was the Boil Heights fire that happened. just a couple of months ago. Uh people. are fed up with a city that is pricing. them out every single week. and uh that. this city hall doesn't seem to be. focused, this mayor doesn't seem to be. focused on the cost of housing and. bringing down the cost of housing, which. is pushing working families out of the. city. People are fed up with the fact. that our essential services, things like.

street lights, things like sidewalks are. broken and just not getting fixed. In. the city of Los Angeles right now, the. time to fix a broken street light has. gone from a month to a year under this. mayor. And that is the second largest. city and the richest country in the. world. And I think people are just very. very tired of a what feels like an. establishment politics that just does. not care about them. >> Yeah. I recently moved to New York. I've. been a New York uh resident now for a.

year and um I have the luxury of living. in Momban. And this guy like people he's reminding. us of what government is supposed to do. and he's everywhere. He is everywhere on. bikes, on foot, all over the city. >> But somebody can just like Instagram. story like, "Hey, mom Donnie, there's a. pothole here." And he just he has. mobilized people to fix and to do. stuff. And it's like, "Oh, okay. This is. the way government is supposed to work.".

What do you think the breakdown is with. Karen Bass? I had her on the podcast, I. don't know, probably a year and a half. ago. So, I really liked her. Um, I think. it was before the fires and all that, but you know, a lot of people in America. are not focused on what goes on in. specific cities other than Fox News just. saying they're hellscape, you know, communist holes and whatever. So, what is hap what is the breakdown with. Mayor Bass that has caused people to be. so mad that they would throw parties for. Spencer Pratt, which that's what shocked.

me the most. >> Yes. Well, this is a yeah, it is a very. blue town and I think the frustration is. very very real here with with the mayor. And I just want to say about Mayor. Mandani, I think for me, like I'm a I'm. a big-hearted progressive, right? I I'm. here because I'm an urban planner by. training. I love cities. And to me, if a. city can work for its residents, it is. like the purest expression of how. government can play a positive role in. people's lives. And I feel like Mayor.

Ramdani is absolutely doing that in New. York. He is proving to people what it. means to believe in government again at. a time when not just in cities but. across the entire country, people are. just turning away from government. They. are losing trust and faith in our. national politics and I think almost. across the ideological spectrum whether. you're left, whether you're right, whether you're center, I feel like the. commonality is that you've lost trust. and faith in the system. And I feel like. if you can fix a pothole, if you can fix.

a street light, if you can address an. encampment, we have so much street. homelessness here. If you can address an. encampment, that is a restoration. And. and if you can do it the way that. Angelinos want to, by the way, which is. they want to do it by housing and. sheltering people and offering services. That's what they vote for over and over. again. They tax themselves to deliver. services to people who are living on the. street because they want to respond to. the crisis on our streets with. compassion, with services, and with. care. But what I have seen and what.

Angelinos are seeing in this mayoral. administration is a kind of complacency. Like we'll get these taxes and we don't. have to prove that this works. homelessness, street homelessness in the. city of Los Angeles after the mayor's. signature program spent hundreds of. millions of dollars and the entire. system has spent even more than that. actually went up citywide under this. mayor's leadership. because she it the her administration is. not doing the kind of oversight and.

accountability work that you need to. really deliver results on the ground. But that's possible to do. In my. district, I saw a 49% reduction in in. unsheltered homelessness in the in the. in the people who are living on the. street. And since I've been in office, I've cut the number of people living on. the street in my district over and over. and over again. And I've been reelected. in a conser in a more conservative. district that was redrawn to try and get. me pushed out of office because I have.

been so focused on delivering results. for people. And I think that's what. Angelinos deserve. They want results. And to me, the truest mark of. progressive government is actually a. city government that works for people. And that's what I want to do. >> So, let's get to the nutting of what. seems to be a a big storyline, whether. it's your race or a race for United. States senator in Michigan. And this is. the way I see it. You have establishment. candidates and they could have an R next.

to their name or a D next to their name. And then you have progressive candidates. who are really running a peoplepowered. race and then we're seeing results from. a peoplepowered candidate that turns. into a peoplepowered mayor in Mandani. But the narrative is that you or. Abdullah sayed or um Zoran Mamani are. gonna be these crazy commies that are.

going to be bad for business and you're. going to tax all these rich people and. it's just going to be a show and. it's just going to be a disaster. And. this propaganda Nthia has been really. successful. the propaganda that. corporatepowered. politicians use to keep the status quo. It's been super powerful. So my question. for you is their claim is that you're. going to be radical. I'm sure on Fox. News they're going to do some hit job. ratchet piece on you that you're some.

commie radical whack job, right? Which. they do on me all the time and I can. tell you it's a badge of honor. But what. what let's let's talk about this radical. what is what is radical that you. want to do and just explain to my. listeners what your radical policies are. and then we can assess you and I can. discuss if we think they're radical. think they're common sense because this. seems to be this messaging vortex that. everything goes into and I just want to.

simplify it down to me I think it's. radical they they paint you as radical. when you're pushing back against a. system that's been in place for a very. long time. And I think to me here in Los. Angeles, what we are seeing is that. voters here in LA are sick of the. system. They're sick of this broken. status quo. And the things that I want. to do, again, they, you know, maybe they. are radical, but I think the city. should not be this expensive. I don't.

think the cost of housing should be so. high that it is driving working people. out of the city every single day. I. think we can protect renters who are. getting pushed out by unscrupulous. landlords and that the city can stand up. for vulnerable renters in a city that is. majority renters by the way. And I think. we can build exactly the kind of housing. that working families need by cutting. red tape, by making sure that the city, which has historically stood in the way. of housing, does not do that anymore.

That we can actually build the housing. that we desperately need. Everyone. agrees there's a housing shortage here. in LA. I want to build that housing and. I want to make sure that people can. still afford to build their dreams here. in the city of Los Angeles. I want to. address homelessness with accountability. and with transparency. I want to make. sure every single tax dollar that is. going into our homelessness response is. accountable and transparent to the. people of Los Angeles. We've voted. multiple times to tax ourselves to. provide services on the streets and. Angelinos deserve a system that delivers.

results and that is accountable to them. That is what we want. We want that. We. want more investment, not in boondoggles. that are designed to get political. campaign donations like this convention. center expansion that's going to cost. the city billions of dollars. Instead of. doing that, let's invest in parks and. green spaces. Let's plant a 100,000. trees before the Olympics and make sure. that this Olympics leaves a legacy of. shade in a city that is cripplingly hot.

right now. These are the things that I'm. talking about on the campaign trail. These are the things that are getting. people excited. And I don't know, you tell me whether. that seems radical to you. >> I think it feels very common sense. Um I. think that when you break down a lot of. the politicians like the ones that I. mentioned that aren't taking a lot of. corporate pack money, they get falsely. cornered as these crazy radicals. But. really, it it if you want to call it. radical for delivering for people, then. you know, guilty is charged. But you.

brought up the Olympics, which brings me. to our current president, Donald Trump. And you know, he likes to grandstand. that he brought the Olympics and the. World Cup and all of this stuff. And. he's just I mean, this guy is just. completely unhinged. You claiming. recently that he was lifted up by two. firemen out of the rubble. I mean, he's. a really seriously sick person. I mean, something is really going on there. >> And he loves to be punitive towards blue. states. That's a part of his policy. despite.

huge pockets and millions of of people. in California being MAGA supporters, triple Trumpers, if you will. He loves. to be punitive to blue states because. that's the type of politics that MAGA. is. So last year the Trump. administration deployed the National. Guard to Los Angeles um amidst ICE. protests and he's threatened to do it. again. What would you do if you were. mayor to protect the people in Los. Angeles? We know that ICE has um. arrested the numbers of criminals.

they've arrested is abysmal. It's. incredibly low. Um and they are. separating children from their families. um abusing people's human rights, killing people, etc. How would you. address this? Because this is something. that I think blue cities like yours, you. being a woman of color, and let's just. face it, he's specifically going to. target that situation even more as he. has Karen Bass and other uh women of. color across the country. How how are. you as mayor willing to address uh.

federal overreach into your city? >> You know, one thing that people saw when. uh ICE was deployed on our streets last. year and Los Angeles was like the test. case for how the federal government was. going to attack blue cities. And to me, our mayor's response fell short in that. moment um and really undermined trust in. the ability of the city to stand up for. its people. A huge part of that response. involved actually LAPD being on our. streets, our police force, and in many. instances appearing to actually protect.

ICE officers as they were horrifying, kidnapping residents of Los Angeles. instead of protecting the people of Los. Angeles from ICE. And I think that is a. cultural problem that's embedded in the. leadership of the department. And one. thing that I would be very very. committed to changing is to make sure. that our local law enforcement. understands that they are here to. protect Angelinos and not to protect ICE. that is doing such horrifying things on. our city streets. I also want to make.

sure that we are at the forefront of. pushing back using every single tool. that we have. Other cities have actually. sued the federal government for for. unconstitutional actions whether by ICE. or by um you know cut cutting off. federal dollars for those cities and for. programs. Los Angeles has not done as. much using the court system to secure. our finances, to secure our basic.

rights. And I want to make sure that I. do that as the head of the city of Los. Angeles. When I'm mayor, I'm going to. ensure that we work with our city. attorney to use every possible avenue to. secure those rights. Angelinos want to. see that urgency from their mayor. They. want to see a mayor that is out there. pushing back using every possible tool. that we have in our toolbox. And that is. what I'm committed to doing. And I think. that would be a very different feeling. from the one that they've had under this. mayor. >> I think that sounds really excellent. I.

think not bending the knee and not. capitulating and taking on these bullies. is is at the epicenter of where. everybody's resistance needs to be. Nthia, tell my listeners how they can. support you and find you. >> Well, I'm at nthia forthecity.com. uh on on socials on uh for my website. Um we are up against uh you know an. establishment that is raising a lot of. money. So, if people want to donate, if. people want to get involved, if people.

want a phone bank, um I invite everyone. to get engaged in making sure that Los. Angeles is a place that really works for. every single one of its residents. Um. and we can only build that dream. together. Uh if if we are all united. against a really really powerful and. broken status quo. >> Nthia, thank you so much. Thank you for. running. We need good um incorruptible. people to run for office and I wish you. the best of luck. >> Thank you so much.