Exclusive | LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell and Nithya Raman hold sit-down after she pledged to boot him

After the campaign slugfest comes the post-election love-in.LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell and Mayor-elect Nithya Raman are putting their bitter election feud behind them, even arranging an afternoon ”get to know each other” session on Thursday.McDonnell confirmed to the California Post that the pair were already in regular contact about police operations, just weeks after Raman appeared in a campaign video branding the chief and cops generally as ”fascist liars.”The controversial video, filmed with lefty influencer Ed Choi, featured images of McDonnell and outgoing Mayor Karen Bass alongside the slogan ”Only you can stop fascist liars.” Raman later denied calling either of them fascist liars.But since unseating Bass earlier this month, the 45-year-old city councilwoman and Los Angeles’ first Democratic Socialists of America-backed mayor-elect has softened her stance, signaling McDonnell may yet keep his job.And the chief, speaking ahead of Thursday’s meeting, insisted he would not be ”begging for his job.””I’m a fairly known quantity to the mayor-elect,” said McDonnell, 67, who joined the LAPD in 1981, the same year Raman was born.”So it’s not going to be a job interview, as much as it is: “Where are we in alignment? What can we do to be able to come into further alignment?”‘”Our role (the police) is to be able to help familiarize the mayor-elect with what we’re currently doing.”McDonnell said the two had already spoken repeatedly about emergencies facing the city, describing their conversations as ”very strong and positive.””I’m very encouraged by that,” he added.McDonnell said he hopes to keep his job and sees reason for optimism in his dealings with Raman, who has repeatedly dodged questions about whether she still plans to fire McDonnell or to say who might replace him.    “As far as being able to tout the work of the men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department, I look at our numbers, the metrics that ...