Overview
- Raman posted before-and-after images on Wednesday showing a new crosswalk at Sunset Drive and Bates Street in Los Feliz that consists of painted yellow stripes while cracks in the pavement remain visible.
- Her post said the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council alerted her office in late 2025 and announced the crosswalk was now complete, a timeline critics described as roughly eight to nine months from request to finish.
- The social-media announcement did not name the city department or contractor that installed the markings, give a start date for the work, or disclose the project cost, according to news reports.
- Conservative outlets and commentators swiftly amplified the post, with figures such as Spencer Pratt, Ben Shapiro, Bill Melugin and Richard Grenell publicly mocking the photo and using it to question local officials’ priorities.
- While the markings are a modest pedestrian measure, the episode has become a campaign optics problem for Raman and has renewed scrutiny of how Los Angeles approves, funds and communicates small street projects.