Policy & Research Director with @AbundantHousing // Former Candidate for LA City Council
Joined March 2010
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4 Apr 2023
I'm delighted to embark on a new role as Policy & Research Director w/@AbundantHousing! Every Angeleno has the right to affordable high quality housing in the neighborhood of their choice. I'm excited to join AHLA to fight for abundant & equitable housing in LA & CA.
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She is the only Mayoral candidate committed to reforming ULA, fixing DWP, running a competent and functional city government, paving streets, and focusing like a laser on housing production. Madam Mayor!
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We’ve never met, and you don’t know me. Nithya is a smart, capable person. The idea that I (or anyone) “tricked” her into running is absurd, and pretty insulting to one of the smartest politicians currently at City Hall.
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Apr 25
The mobility project I conceived in 2013 is finally being built!
Apr 25
LA’s first real modal filter outside of Hollywood is officially in the ground!
Sweetzer and Rosewood
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Mar 24
Proud that two orgs I'm affiliated with - @AbundantHousing & @MiracleMileDems - have endorsed @nithyavraman for Mayor! Nithya is the leader we need at this moment. Learn more at nithyaforthecity.com/.
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Feb 7
It has been a rough few of years for Los Angeles, but Nithya Raman has been consistently clear-eyed and solutions-oriented about the city's problems. Combine that with an understanding of government needed to effectuate change and I think she is an extremely strong candidate.
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Scott Epstein retweeted
15 Aug 2025
I’m excited to share our new @Nature paper 📝, which provides strong evidence that the walkability of our built environment matters a great deal to our physical activity and health.
Details in thread.🧵
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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An enormous thank you to the senators who voted aye: @JesseArreguin, @sencabaldon, @SenStevePadilla, @SenGonzalez33, @SenOchoaBogh, and Senator @anna4thevalley !
Looks like a majority of senators on the Senate Housing Committee *do* want to solve the housing crisis after all!
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11 Dec 2024
I’ve chosen to see this as a win. In a city that has said no to housing for decades, a third of the council voted to expand where we can build housing in Los Angeles, and *that* is a small but powerful win.
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2 Nov 2024
I'm so excited to have a role model for my daughter like VP Harris in the oval office for the next 4 years. It's time to make history.
1 Nov 2024
when the next president gives you a friendship bracelet 🥹
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WOW! I’ve seen a lot of campaign ads during my time in politics, and @KamalaHarris’ latest one is 🔥🔥
Video via @MeidasTouch #HarrisWalz2024 #NotGoingBack #VoteBlue
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30 Sep 2024
An amazing slate of candidates from different walks of life but with shared values to build a just, healthy, sustainable Santa Monica. Support these folks any way you can!
30 Sep 2024
These four candidates are who we need to make Santa Monica an inclusive, pro-housing city.
Please like, share, and send to your Santa Monica friends!
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16 Sep 2024
Shapiro nails it. The irresponsibility of Vance is staggering and dangerous.
15 Sep 2024
Josh Shapiro on Vance's latest CNN disasterclass: "That was bonkers ... the US senator from Ohio just came on your show and blamed his own constituents for his own lies. This guy is so pathetic ... JD Vance should be ashamed of himself."
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30 Aug 2024
That's a lot of organizations saying enough is enough - it's time to reverse decades of segregation and open up exclusionary communities to new diverse residents!
27 Aug 2024
@InnerCityLaw @SCANPH @AbundantHousing and 57 of our partner organizations have serious concerns about LA's plan to exclude single-family homes from the city's #rezoning program #housingpolicy #housingnews #housingjustice
Read more: innercitylaw.org/wp-content/…
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18 Aug 2024
This has been studied - America's low life expectancy is because of guns, drugs and car crashes killing young people. Our actual medical care is world class, and when you look at old age/medical deaths, we match peer countries.
18 Aug 2024
Price controls are good, actually:
Price of Ozempic (costs $5 to make)
🇺🇸$969
🇨🇦$155
🇩🇰#122
🇩🇪$59
Price of Wegovy (costs $5 to make)
🇺🇸$1,349
🇩🇰$186
🇬🇧$92
Life Expectancy
🇺🇸77.5
🇨🇦82
🇩🇰82
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21 Jul 2024
Very sorry to disappoint Republicans and the national media, but Kamala got the entire Democratic Party behind her in about 4 hours
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21 Jul 2024
Last few weeks were heated because we all understand the stakes and share the same goal. I don’t think Trump and MAGA are ready for how united and energized we’re about to be.
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19 Jul 2024
Huge thank you to Controller Mejia for his leadership! This is a pivotal moment for our city. It's time to finally combat LA's historic patterns of housing segregation.
19 Jul 2024
Should single-family zones exclude affordable housing OR should affordable housing be built equitably throughout LA? 🤔
🚨 On Thurs 7/25, City Planning is holding a public hearing on the Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP) which covers these topics
planning-lacity-org.zoom.us/…
ALT Take action for housing Justice Thursday 7/25 5pm on Zoom Give public comment at the public hearing on the housing element rezoning program tell them affordable housing should be built in all areas that need it. the CHIP ordinance should not exclude single-family zones. register at: planning-lacity-org.zoom.us/j/81102298373
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3 Jun 2024
With traffic volumes down because of Pride, people are showing how wide sidewalks should be on La Cienega Blvd. @WeHoCity: listen to folks voting with their feet and make this boulevard a human place rather than a traffic sewer.
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23 May 2024
Check out our thread on LA's Citywide Incentive Program, AHLA's top local policy priority for 2024, and join the chorus of organizations and individuals saying that exempting single-family zoned parcels will prevent us from meeting our housing goals and fuel displacement.
23 May 2024
🚨 Major new LA Housing strategy announced 🚨
It's LA's Citywide Housing Incentive Program, or "CHIP."
This thread explains:
👉🏽 What it does
👉🏽 If it'll work
and most importantly
👉🏽👉🏽 How you can help improve it! 👈🏽👈🏽
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