Nithya Raman Mocked for Celebrating a Crosswalk Painted Over Cracked Pavement

Adriana Stone 0 1 min read

Nithya Raman Mocked for Celebrating a Crosswalk Painted Over Cracked Pavement

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman is facing sharp criticism after celebrating a newly painted crosswalk while large cracks remain visible in the road.

Raman said the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council contacted her office in late 2025 about the need for a crosswalk at Sunset Drive and Bates Street. On August 26, 2026, she announced that the project had been completed.

“The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council alerted our office in late 2025 to the need for a crosswalk at Sunset Dr. and Bates St., which has just been completed!” Raman wrote.

She also thanked her staff, writing, “Thank you to our incredible CD4 Field Team for continuing to problem-solve, push for solutions, and make our streets safer.”

The post included before-and-after images of the intersection. But instead of focusing on a major street repair, critics quickly pointed to the damaged pavement surrounding the fresh yellow stripes. The result, they argued, looked less like a completed safety project and more like paint applied over a larger problem.

One critic sarcastically asked whether the city was celebrating “painting a CRACKED ROAD????????”

Another post called attention to the “massive cracks in the road surface” that were still plainly visible.

Others mocked the announcement as an impressive accomplishment, using obvious sarcasm to question why the road itself had not been repaired before the crosswalk was painted.

Raman’s original post can be viewed here:

The criticism continued across X:

The New York Post also covered the backlash, reporting that Raman was mocked for boasting about a paint job on a badly damaged street. Its report described the scene as a newly painted crosswalk paired with cracked and broken pavement.

The episode has become another example of how a public works announcement can backfire when residents see unfinished or neglected conditions right next to the supposed improvement. In this case, the bright paint drew attention to the road problems instead of hiding them.

For Raman, the intended message was about safer streets and a completed project. The reaction online focused on a much simpler question: Why celebrate the crosswalk before fixing the broken road around it?

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