Nithya Raman gets the socialists’ endorsement — and their baggage

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have finally endorsed Nithya Raman for mayor. And notably, she embraced them in return. Raman thanked the DSA for “joining our broad coalition of Angelenos,” and put a DSA logo on her website in the “endorsements” section. In the past, the DSA was reluctant to back Raman, because she pointed out — correctly — that the so-called “mansion tax” was making it hard to build housing in general in LA. But all that is water under the bridge. And though Raman said her supporters “may not agree on every issue,” she didn’t point out...