Among other things, Raman is promising to oust the police chief, whom she views as too accommodating with federal immigration authorities. She also wants to improve basic services that have deteriorated for years and left neighborhoods with dirty, pothole-ridden streets, buckled sidewalks and broken streetlights.
She's also promising a new approach to the city's homeless crisis that includes expanding medical teams for the hundreds of homeless people who live in encampments and on the streets. Raman also wants to provide more housing to move people out of hotels rented by the city for those who are homeless.
Raman, an urban planner, picked up notable support from advocacy and political groups, including Our Revolution, which was founded by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the Sierra Club. But she was thin on endorsements from prominent local politicians.
