A Los Angeles city report questioned how up to $87 million in public funds allocated to a tenant legal-aid program backed by mayoral candidate Nithya Raman was accounted for.
City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto claimed that some funds allocated to the LAFLA program, which Raman champions, may have been used for purposes other than those intended.
Raman will face incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the mayoral race, and her key campaign points include affordable housing, tackling homelessness, and improving city services and public safety.
Nithya Raman-backed organization faces scrutiny
LAFLA received $157.1 million in public funds from the governments of Los Angeles city and county between 2020 and 2025, but publicly available financial records do not account for between $55 million and $87 million…