LA mayoral debate offers patchy view of candidate field, clash on Measure ULA

A defining moment among the candidates went missing during Los Angeles’s first mayoral debate held Monday evening in Downtown Los Angeles. The two Democratic Socialists of America, housing advocate Rae Chen Huang and Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, along with entrepreneur Adam Miller, stuck mostly to a script many might have expected of each, despite an election field begging for a clear frontrunner. Instead of a winner emerging to claim the spotlight at the Housing Action Coalition and Streets For All-hosted debate, the event had the tone of a workaround on what moderators referred to as the “elephant in […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.