Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman’s insinuation that she’s being “punished for running against Mayor Bass” is the equivalent of her reaching “the bottom of the barrel politically,” according to Marqueece Harris-Dawson, President of the Los Angeles City Council. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. WATCH HERE WATCH HERE“It’s hardly a punishment,” Harris-Dawson told NBC Los Angeles. Raman is being removed as the head of the Housing and Homeless Committee on the city council. Raman said the Housing and Homelessness Committee would be split into two different committees, with one focusing on housing and the other focusing on homelessness.