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NITHYA RAMAN over 50 years ago, his father worked
for the City of New York as an engi-
The Los Angeles Times endorses neer and his mother was a dedicated
nurse. He has been a United States
city council candidate Magistrate Judge for the Eastern
District of New York since 2017.
From January 2017 to May 2017,
Judge Bulsara served as the Acting
General Counsel of the U.S. Secu-
rities and Exchange Commission,
where he had been the Deputy Gen-
eral Counsel for Appellate Litiga-
tion, Adjudication, and Enforcement
since 2015. He received his J.D. from
Harvard Law School, cum laude, in
2002 and his A.B., magna cum laude,
from Harvard College in 1998.
Judge Sanket J. Bulsara has
been a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York
since 2017. From January 2017 to May 2017, Judge Bulsara served as the
Acting General Counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
where he had been the Deputy General Counsel for Appellate Litigation,
Adjudication, and Enforcement since 2015. He received his J.D. from Har-
vard Law School, cum laude, in 2002 and his A.B., magna cum laude, from
Harvard College in 1998.

SATWINDER KAUR

he Los Angeles Times has endorsed Nithya Raman to secure a second Kent City Council elects as
term on the City Council, considering her good work and positive contri-
Tbutions since her initial election in November 2020. She was commend-
ed by the newspaper for her impressive performance against the backdrop of President
her being a relative newcomer to the city council.
Nithya Raman was born in Kerala, India, and moved to Louisiana when
she was six before her family settled in Massachusetts. After graduating from
Harvard and training in urban planning at MIT, she worked in Delhi and
Chennai taking on extreme poverty, fighting for basic necessities like water,
plumbing, and shelter.
As she moved to Los Angeles, an incredible, beautiful, diverse city that be-
came the first place that really felt like home to her, she got married and start-
ed a family. While making their home, she observed and felt a crisis growing
around them, with more and more people falling into homelessness every year
and more tents on the city’s streets. She co-founded a volunteer group with her
friends to try and help people experiencing homelessness in her neighborhood.
The group SELAH grew quickly, driven by a sense of urgency for change.
Her sense of change prompted her to contest the LA city council and she was
elected to the city council in November 2020, becoming the first Asian-Amer-
ican woman and the first South Asian ever to serve on the City Council.
Her belief and conviction in helping homeless people, protecting tenants
from rising rent and eviction, and shifting the duties of traffic enforcement
and non-violent mental health crisis to unarmed personnel rather than Police he Kent City Council in Washington has unanimously elected In-
have been transformational. do-American Satwinder Kaur as its president for a two-year term. The
Tseven-member council is the legislative body for the City of Kent, and
SANKET BULSARA besides establishing policies and regulations, it approves financial expendi-

Judge nominated for the Eastern tures and the city’s biennial budget.
Kaur will work closely with the mayor to see what kind of support the
council will give to issues and proposals, apart from serving as the official
District of New York spokesperson for the council.
After Kaur’s election in a February 6 meeting, Boyce said, “You’ve got
some little shoes to fill. I’m sure you will do a great job and we are here to
resident Joe Biden has nominated four individuals to federal district support you and make sure you are very successful.”
courts. “All of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and de- Bill Boyce nominated Kaur for the top position, and Kaur will carry for-
Pvoted to the rule of law and our Constitution,” said the White House. ward as his successor in the new role.
Among them is Judge Sanket J. Bulsara who has been a United States Magis- Appreciating Boyce for mentoring her, Kaur said: “As I start this I know
trate Judge for the Eastern District of New York since 2017. all of us have the same goal of serving the community and making sure Kent
Bulsara was born in the Bronx to immigrant parents before moving to is a better place for all of us.”
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