The Brief Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman is expected to lose her leadership role on the Housing and Homelessness Committee as she challenges Mayor Karen Bass in the November mayoral runoff. Raman called the planned committee restructuring political retaliation, while Councilmembers Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez criticized her leadership on homelessness policy. The dispute comes as Los Angeles grapples with rising unsheltered homelessness, while Raman’s district saw a 49% decline in street homelessness. Park said Raman had a responsibility to plan for the future and address problems facing the city’s homelessness response. The contrast has become a central point in the political debate over who deserves credit — or blame — for Los Angeles’ homelessness numbers.