NBC Los Angeles. Next month, Nithya Raman will be sworn in as the 44th mayor of the city of Los Angeles following months of a hard-fought, sometimes brutal campaign. Her plans for the city must have resonated. Nithya Raman, born in Kerala, won the mayoral race in Los Angeles against Karen Bass. The victory makes the 45-year-old the first Indian-American and the second woman to hold this post in the city.