LA’s newer, bluer wave: Nithya Raman leads way as city’s progressives make their mark

Democratic socialists won the mayorship, a US House seat and powerful positions in Los Angeles – and a large network of volunteers helped them do it As a blue tsunami overtook US politics this week, Los Angeles saw a major shake-up of its own with a wave of democratic socialists elected to key offices. Most notably, Nithya Raman, the first democratic socialist to serve on the Los Angeles city…