The Brief
- Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia has officially endorsed City Councilmember Nithya Raman for Mayor of Los Angeles.
- In a video posted Thursday, the duo criticized City Hall’s spending choices, highlighting Mejia’s warnings over a $1 billion LAPD contract they claim triggered a local fiscal crisis.
- Raman pledged to fully fund and restore Mejia’s oversight authority, which both claim politically powerful interest groups have actively tried to strip away.
LOS ANGELES – In a joint campaign announcement on Thursday, Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia threw his support behind City Councilmember Nithya Raman’s bid for Mayor of Los Angeles.
What we know:
Both politicians have aligned against what they describe as a broken City Hall establishment, with Mejia highlighting his 2023 warnings that a $1 billion contract for the Los Angeles Police Department would plunge the city into a fiscal crisis.…