Los Angeles City Council District 4

Published October 1, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026

Nithya Raman is the Los Angeles City Council member for District 4, in office since December 14, 2020. The term ends in December 2028. Council District 4 includes Encino, Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills, Los Feliz and Silver Lake, Reseda, Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys, and Studio City and the Cahuenga Pass, the neighborhoods the Council office lists. It had 184,310 registered voters on July 14, 2026 (City Clerk).

Latest as of October 1, 2026

On Aug. 12 the Council approved, on a motion by Raman and Harris-Dawson, the plan to create a bureau in the Housing Department to oversee homeless services, and sent it to the Mayor Aug. 14. On Aug. 5 it adopted items from her files on marketing and tenant selection for new covenanted affordable units and the status of funded affordable and supportive housing projects. Since Aug. 31 she has chaired the Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services, and Neighborhoods Committee (Council President letter); she is running for Mayor on Nov. 3 (race page).

Council member	Nithya Raman
In office since	December 14, 2020
Term ends	December 2028
Registered voters (July 14, 2026)	184,310 (Source)
2026 ballot	Candidate for Mayor (Source)

Council member: Nithya Raman

Raman is an urban planner with degrees from Harvard and MIT; she co-chaired the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council homelessness committee and co-founded the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition (CD4 bio). She was elected in 2020 and re-elected in March 2024 (CD4 bio), and took office December 14, 2020 (City Clerk). She is a candidate for Mayor on the November 3, 2026 ballot (City Clerk certified list).

Official office page

Committees

Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services, and Neighborhoods Committee, Chair
Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Vice Chair
Homelessness and Health Committee, Member
Public Safety Committee, Member
Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review, Member

Recorded votes

Date	Item	Vote	Result
July 1, 2026	Grant application for the State Office of Traffic Safety Selective Traffic Enforcement Program, FY 2025-26 (Council file 25-1391)	Yes	Adopted 11-3
August 4, 2026	Scattergood Generating Station modernization: environmental impact report and CEQA appeal (Council file 25-1360)	No	Adopted 10-3
August 4, 2026	Fund transfers in the year-end Financial Status Report, FY 2025-26 (Council file 25-0600-S138)	Yes	Adopted 14-0
August 4, 2026	Fund transfers in the FY 2026-27 Annual Homelessness Funding Report (Council file 23-1022-S33)	Yes	Adopted 13-1
August 4, 2026	Ballot measure ordinance: Measure ULA exemption for Palisades Fire-damaged homes sold within five years (Council file 26-1100-S9)	Yes	Adopted 13-1
August 11, 2026	Report on legal and policy options to reduce the concentration of sober living facilities (Council file 25-1484)	Yes	Adopted 10-4
August 11, 2026	Resolution setting the Council committee structure (Council file 26-2000)	No	Adopted 13-1
August 12, 2026	Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Council file 15-0989-S68)	No	Adopted 10-4
September 1, 2026	Convention Center lease revenue bonds (MICLA), Series 2026-C and 2026-D (Council file 15-1207-S10)	No	Adopted 8-3
September 8, 2026	Fair Work Week Ordinance amendments covering fast food workers (Council file 19-0229-S2)	Yes	Adopted 10-2

Record in office

Raman is running for Mayor against Karen Bass on Nov. 3, 2026. Her record in office, including votes, motions and committee roles, is on the mayor race page. Since Aug. 31, 2026 she has chaired the Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services, and Neighborhoods Committee (Council President letter).

Money behind the member

Raman’s mayoral campaign money, donors and behested payments are on the mayor race page. Her Council officeholder account, Nithya Raman for City Council 2020 - Officeholder Account (ID 1420143), reported $30,119 in spending from Jan. 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, and $434 in cash and $37,570 in unpaid bills on June 30, 2026 (latest statement).

Method: Totals add the contribution and spending lines (5 and 11) of each Form 460 summary page in the period; cash and unpaid bills are from the latest statement.

Ethics and court records

Raman’s ethics and court records are on the mayor race page.