The New Yorker Radio HourThe Democratic Socialist Running for Mayor of Los AngelesSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyListen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You ListenSign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.An incumbent mayor of Los Angeles normally faces smooth sailing for reëlection, but the Democrat Karen Bass’s term has been marked by criticism of her handling of last year’s devastating wildfires and the city’s ongoing homelessness crisis. The city-council member Nithya Raman, a former ally of Bass, now faces her in a November runoff election. Raman is aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, and she talks with David Remnick about her frustration with Democratic leadership, citing a lack of “urgency around the issues that I felt mattered most, and, in some ways, a moving away from the direction that I felt L.A. needed to be moving.”Further listening:“Mayor Karen Bass on Marines in Los Angeles,” an episode of The New Yorker Radio HourNew episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts.The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and The New Yorker.