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Nithya Raman was for LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell before she was against him

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LAPD chief Jim McDonnell has done a good job by any reasonable measure, especially given the tough political circumstances. Yet Nithya Raman is vowing to fire him, if she’s elected.

It’s one of the crazier pledges of a campaign that has already lost touch with reality.

McDonnell took office in November 2024, after several years of upheaval in LA — the George Floyd riots, the crime wave, the vaccine mandates that decimated the force.

McDonnell faced a new challenge in navigating the tension between City Hall and the White House, as President Donald Trump directed a surge in immigration enforcement to seal the border.

As a “sanctuary” city in a “sanctuary” state, LA had decided not to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The LAPD could not keep ICE out, but was restricted in how it could cooperate with the federal agency.

One member of the City Council who had confidence in McDonnell........

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