Nithya Ramans victory means four years of destructive chaos and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins

Nithya Raman’s victory in the race for LA mayor has been compared to an earthquake.It could shake the foundations of politics in the city.After all, Raman is a far-left socialist.

She is a second-term City Council member with no executive experience.She only arrived in LA in 2013. Raman was on nobody’s radar when she declared her candidacy — after she had already endorsed incumbent mayor Karen Bass.

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One union leader called Raman a “political opportunist.”Well, she certainly made the most of her opportunity.She was carried to victory by a nationwide “blue wave” — but also by a “red” rebellion against the Democratic Party establishment.With Raman’s victory, socialists will control the two largest and most important cities in America.In New York, Zohran Mamdani made a lot of promises — like free buses — that he has had to break.His attempt to “tax the rich” was (temporarily) blocked by the courts, after he shamelessly published a list of thousands of innocent homeowners, most of whom were not subject to his “pied-à-terre” tax on second homes.And he antagonized the Jewish community, amid a wave of antisemitism.No one knows exactly what Raman wants to do.She has said she wants to fire LAPD chief Jim McDonnell, but then backed away from that promise.It’s not clear what she will do, and the stakes are high, with the Olympics looming.She supported Measure ULA, the “mansion tax,” then said she wanted to reform it after new housing construction ground to a halt.

But she retreated from that effort, too.It’s likely that Raman will be seen as a weak mayor. There could be chaos at City Hall.We could see members of t...