Nithya Raman must explain why she sent Mansion Tax cash to dodgy foundation

How can Nithya Raman run the city of LA if one of her pet projects is missing $87 million? That’s a question voters will be asking after the city attorney’s latest bombshell report.The report says that the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), which helps tenants fight eviction, cannot account for $87 million.Raman’s role was to direct city funding to LAFLA, when she was chair of the City Council’s homelessness committee.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story LAFLA is the kind of project that elite lefties love, because they can put fancy law degrees to use in what they consider to be a righteous cause.No doubt some of the tenants deserve the best defense they can get.No doubt some of the landlords are unscrupulous. But many landlords are middle-class, mom-and-pop owners who rely on renting out an apartment in a duplex.

If they can’t evict tenants who don’t pay the rent, they are the ones who face ruin.Whether LAFLA’s cause is just or not, taxpayers aren’t getting their money’s worth.Outgoing City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto says that between about one-third and one-half of LAFLA’s money that it received from the city and county from 2021 to 2025 is unaccounted for.Making matters worse, LAFLA received huge amounts of money from Measure ULA, the so-called “mansion tax.” California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!That tax, passed by voters in 2022, didn’t just tax high-end real estate.It also taxed commercial real estate and apartment buildings.As a result, housing constru...