Nithya Raman’s marketing campaign is firing back at a political group trolling her homelessness file with faux actual property indicators, a rundown RV and an AI cellphone line impersonating the mayoral hopeful.

The marketing campaign filed an ethics criticism Sunday accusing Thrive LA of 5 disclosure violations and demanding motion before the Nov. 3 election.

But Thrive denies wrongdoing, accusing Raman of making an attempt to bully critics into silence.

A collection of provocative attack adverts mocking Nithya Raman’s file on homelessness are displayed in a PDF by Thrive LA. Thrive LA

The conflict erupted after Thrive unleashed a collection of adverts for the fictional “Nithya Raman Realty,” that includes an AI-generated Raman promising, “We got A Tent to Give You!” alongside warnings of “Needles, Crime, Tents, Zero Accountability.”

Another signal advertises a “Designated Poop Zone” coming to a neighborhood close to you.

The group also despatched a battered RV cruising through LA, mimicking the dilapidated autos lining metropolis streets.

Thrive govt director Ana Teresa Dahan defended the marketing campaign as political satire, saying the group’s political spending and promoting were disclosed through the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, where The California Post independently verified the existence of public filings.

“They wouldn’t have known it was us if we hadn’t put the disclosure,” Dahan instructed The Post Monday.

Footage supplied by a retailer proprietor exhibits Nithya Raman’s district in Sherman Oaks, California. Istagram/@thrive.la

“We’re a small organization, so we had to be scrappy,” she added.

But Raman’s marketing campaign said the drawback goes beyond the indicators themselves.

The mock actual property adverts function a cellphone quantity answered by an AI-generated voice impersonating Raman, inviting callers into an interactive dialog about homelessness, according to the criticism.

The Post independently dialed the quantity and heard a lady’s voice asking questions, including where the caller would choose to pitch a tent.

Raman’s marketing campaign is firing back at a political group trolling her homelessness file with faux actual property indicators. Thrive LA

Each reply triggered another query, persevering with a back-and-forth change mocking Raman’s homelessness insurance policies.

During The Post’s call, the voice did not establish Thrive as the sponsor or disclose that the dialog was AI-generated political promoting.

Raman’s marketing campaign says callers should not have to ask who is behind the recording to study they are listening to a political commercial.

“Our argument is it needs to be a disclaimer. There is not,” a marketing campaign consultant instructed The Post, saying it should be taken down.

The criticism also targets a community of Instagram accounts accused of spreading anti-Raman movies to doubtlessly tens of millions of viewers with out figuring out who paid for them.

Footage supplied by a native store proprietor exhibits Raman’s district in Sherman Oaks. Istagram/@thrive.la

Among the accounts recognized were @males_hub_, with roughly 1.2 million followers, and @ratchethoodvideos, with 806,000.

The movies featured Thrive’s mock actual property indicators and battered RV, alongside messages including “Want an encampment down the block? Nithya’s your vote.”

Raman’s marketing campaign alleges the posts were half of a coordinated effort to make paid political promoting seem to be unusual viral content material, with out the required sponsorship disclosures.

Public filings present Thrive reported $53,800 in digital promoting spending and $81,200 in funds to a print promoting vendor.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman speaks during a marketing campaign occasion Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, in Sylmar, Calif. AP Photo/William Liang

The criticism itself acknowledges that all 5 indicators it identifies carry written disclaimers naming Thrive as their sponsor.

But Raman’s marketing campaign says these disclosures do not resolve its allegations involving the AI cellphone line, Instagram movies and other promoting.

The Ethics Commission has not issued a discovering on the criticism.

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