LA reacts after Raman ousts Bass in LA mayoral race

All right, back here at home, the race for Los Angeles mayor has ended. Karen Bass has conceded, and Nithya Raman is the new mayor-elect. So how does she bring a divided city together? And I want to tell every single Angeleno out there, I am going to work so hard, and everyone behind me is going to work so hard to earn your trust, to earn your trust. Speaking to the public and the media there for the first time at the farmer's market last night. So how will Angelino's respond to Nithya Raman's victory? We have Mario Ramirez live at a 24-hour diner in Silver Lake with more on what voters have to say. This was Nithya Raman's district. Good morning. Yeah, that's right. This is the district that she has run for nearly six years. This has been a big part of her political career, and she is now preparing to go from running a district to running the entire city, the second largest in the country. I want to bring in Wayne Johnson. He's enjoying his breakfast here at Astro Diner. You are an L.A. City voter. How do you feel about the new mayor-elect? I have mixed feelings about it. I mean, L.A. is kind of a mess. Bass didn't do a great job, but... I was hoping she learned by her mistakes and maybe would do better next time. And Raman, I just don't know that much about. I'm excited about it. Yeah, so someone who lives in the city, what would you like to see when it comes to change? Because she's calling for change at City Hall. Well, obviously homelessness is one of the biggest problems we have. I mean, it's just so sad seeing all those people living on the streets. Something's got to be done about that. And she promises to cut it in half, at least that's what she's saying by the 2028 Olympics. So thank you for talking to us, appreciate it. Let's go to some video here. You can see her at the farmer's market, the original farmer's market. She was meeting with supporters there. You can see her celebrating. At 45, Raman represents a generational shift in leadership. We know that she has acknowledged that L.A. faces longstanding problems and that restoring trust in City Hall will be critical. Take a listen. We have big challenges here in the city and they've been in place for a long time. What we have not had is a city hall that is capable of taking them on. That's the promise I made during the campaign is that we will build that city hall and that is my commitment to every single person whether you voted for me or you didn't or you sat out this election completely. I want to make sure that we can restore your faith in city hall again. Well, her first 100 days will focus, she says, on homelessness, housing, and public safety. She's promising greater oversight of homelessness spending, faster housing approvals, neighborhood repairs and changes at the LAPD. But first, she has to build her administration, and she has to work with city council to deliver, and most did not support her during the campaign. So back out here live, I was talking to a gentleman sitting just down the way in a booth there. There he said... That either candidate he would have taken, and he's hopeful as well. Raman takes office December 14th. And we asked someone else a little earlier about her being a younger mayor-elect at 45. And he said age is just a number. That doesn't define the way you lead the second largest city in the country. So as many people are saying, we will see if she can deliver results for now. Live here in Silver Lake, back to you. Well, you know, this is what I say about myself, Mario. Age is just a number. Thank you. It's true. Yeah. It's true. Glad he co-signed that. All right. We have a statement. Meantime, from LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, it says, in part, the people of Los Angeles have made their voices heard through the democratic process. As always, I respect the outcome. I congratulate Mayor-elect Nithya Raman and look forward to working with her administration in service to the people of Los Angeles. All right.