Exclusive | Karen Bass gives apocalyptical vision of LA if Nithya Raman wins election: Chaos from day one

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass warned Sunday that rival DSA candidate Nithya Raman would plunge the city into chaos, drive LAPD officers out of the department and potentially invite federal intervention as the city prepares to host the 2028 Olympics.With just two days until Election Day, Bass sounded the alarm after casting her ballot alongside her adult children and grandson at the Anderson Munger Family YMCA in Koreatown.Bass painted a grim picture when asked by the California Post what four years under Raman would look like.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story “I think four years under Nithya Raman would present a tremendous amount of chaos,” Bass told The Post.“It would be chaos from day one.”The mayor zeroed in on Raman’s pledge to replace LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, warning that removing the city’s top cop could trigger an exodus from an already understaffed department.“I don’t think she has a clue what it takes to get a police chief for the nation’s second-largest city,” Bass said.“The minute she would initiate that, you will have officers leaving the department, and confusion sets in anytime they’re gonna sit around and wait to see who is going to lead them.”Raman has pledged to replace McDonnell, criticizing his handling of protests and federal immigration enforcement, although her timeline has shifted.Bass raised the possibility that upheaval at the LAPD could invite unwanted intervention from Washington ahead of the Olympics.“I can only imagine Washington looking at that and saying, ‘These people can’t manage it.

We need to come in,'” Bass said.“Los Angeles can manage Los Angeles.”The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing rank-and-file LA cops, delivered just as harsh of a warning about Raman’...