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What happens next with Nithya Raman’s council seat?
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Well, at least no one’s going to prison this time around.
With Mayor-elect Nithya Raman weeks from being sworn in as the city’s next leader, the Los Angeles City Council is contending with an impending vacancy. And in a refreshing change of pace, it’s not because one of them has been indicted or embroiled in an international scandal — unlike the other three council vacancies since 2020.
Still, the comparatively anodyne justification for the soon-to-be empty seat will do little to temper the turmoil ahead.
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