Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman voted against a $13 million package for 107 LAPD vehicles Wednesday as the department scrambles to build up its fleet ahead of the massive security demands of the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics.

Raman joined fellow progressives Eunisses Hernandez and Ysabel Jurado as the only three councilmembers to vote against the package, which passed the City Council 8-3.

The $13.04 million in debt financing would pay for 107 non-patrol vehicles, including 30 dual-purpose vehicles, 30 unmarked investigative vehicles, seven mobile substations, four van substations and a fleet of trucks, transport vans and emergency-response vehicles.

The vote comes with Los Angeles set to host the Olympics in 2028, when more than 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes are expected to descend on the region.

The new vehicles would be used for venue command, staging, investigations and other operations during the Games.

But LAPD is already warning that it faces a major vehicle and staffing crunch ahead of the global spectacle.

The department estimates it will need more than 900 patrol vehicles during the Games and still faces a 300-vehicle shortfall, even after plans to borrow vehicles from other units, keep older cars on the road and maximize its existing fleet.

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell has also warned City Hall that Olympics organizers have no dedicated pot of money to cover the department’s law enforcement costs.

“LA28 confirms that they have zero police or other safety budgets,” McDonnell told councilmembers in April. “While they do have a security budget, it doesn’t cover law enforcement.”

The department estimates it could need nearly 6,700 officers across eight LA venues on peak days, while LAPD can provide only about one-third of that manpower itself.

LAPD is separately seeking roughly $30 million for another 300 black-and-white patrol vehicles to close the projected shortfall.

Raman’s no vote comes as she battles Mayor Karen Bass in the November runoff and faces renewed scrutiny over her evolving stance on policing.

During her 2020 City Council campaign, Raman posted “defund the police” and called for transforming LAPD into a “much smaller, specialized armed force.”

She has since shifted her position, arguing during her mayoral campaign that LAPD should not shrink further from its current force of roughly 8,600 officers.

But Raman has continued to oppose some major police spending measures, including voting earlier this year against Bass’ push to hire 170 additional LAPD officers.

Raman’s office did not immediately respond to The California Post’s request for an explanation of her Wednesday vote.