[5][10][11] She sent a critical letter to Ingrid van Engelshoven, The Hague's alderwoman for education and a D66 member, in 2013, and this contact resulted in Sahla deciding to become politically active.

[16] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she proposed to expand summer education in order to solve learning losses caused by school closures.

[22] Sahla was sworn in on 27 October and received support from former VVD leader Frits Bolkestein, who had been a guest teacher at Transvaal Universiteit.

[3][25] Sahla became a permanent member of parliament on 18 January 2022 before Raemakers returned from his sick leave, when Rob Jetten left the body to become a minister in the new fourth Rutte cabinet.

[26][27] Her specialties changed to youth care, preschool, long-term healthcare, and caregiving, and she also became vice chair of the Committee for Social Affairs and Employment.

[3][25] Sahla was supposed to be D66's sixth candidate in The Hague in the 2022 municipal elections, but decided to be one of her party's lijstduwers after her House membership had become permanent.

[3][6] Her sister, Soumaya Sahla, received media attention during Fonda's House term after Geert Wilders, an anti-Islam politician, pointed out her former membership of the terrorist Hofstad Network.