d general election and leads incumbent Karen Bass by at least 15 points according to most surveys. The City Council member seems to be drawing Spencer Pratt voters (there were nearly 220,000 of them) far more successfully than her opponent, a point she sought to make in Thursday's talk.  To every voter who voted for Spencer Pratt in the primary who's disappointed that he's not in the general election,  she said,  I share your frustration. 

As part of that tack to the center, Raman also sought to distance herself from the DSA after McGregor asked her about her feelings for the organization.

 I've spent most of my talk talking about how we need to give tax credits, which is very much at odds with what Democratic Socialists are to most people,  she said. Raman is a longstanding member of the organization dating back to 2019 and was the first DSA member in the L.A. City Council.

Bass and Raman have largely split Hollywood support since the race began earlier this year, with a younger-skewing creative set including Adam Scott and Mindy Kaling supporting Raman while Bass has attracted the likes of JJ Abrams and Samuel L. Jackson.

Raman doubled down on issues of interest to the entertainment business when asked about the Paramount Warner Bros. merger.  The deal is essentially done, and don't want to be re-litigating this into eternity,  she said.  [But] what I would really say to David Ellison is I want those dollars that you've committed to production not just to be spent in America - I want them to be spent in Los Angeles.