Nithya Raman

The mayor is the one that departments respond to.

And so it is up to the mayor to

to set housing production and permitting timelines as a priority.

She can set deadlines by when these things have to happen.

You can appoint leadership that is responsive to those goals.

You can create metrics through which you can hold department heads accountable.

And if they meet those goals, you can reward them.

And if they don't meet those goals, you should replace them.

That is not happening here in the city of Los Angeles at all, across all of the departments that are involved in the housing production process.

Also, we haven't had a deputy mayor of housing for almost two years in a city where the cost of housing and housing production and rebuilding are key issues for this city.

We need a deputy mayor for housing.

But, you know, that position has been left empty for, I think, an inexcusably long time.

Well, I mean, I think because people, A, people don't believe the evidence.

So there's there.

I mean, I was very convinced by the evidence.

There were real differences in L.A.

City versus L.A.

County.

L.A.

County is producing more housing.