27 Facts About Janice Hahn

Janice Kay Hahn was born on March 30,1952 and is an American politician serving as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from the 4th district since 2016.

Janice Hahn was previously a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 15th district from 2001 to 2011.

On July 12,2011, Hahn won a special election for Congress to fill the seat vacated by Democrat Jane Harman.

Janice Hahn defeated Republican Craig Huey, a Tea Party-backed direct marketer from the Torrance area, with 55 percent of the vote to Huey's 45 percent.

In February 2015, Janice Hahn announced she was retiring from Congress to run for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 2016.

Janice Hahn was born in Los Angeles and raised in a politically involved family.

Janice Hahn is the daughter of Ramona Belle and Kenneth Frederick Hahn, a career member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors who served on the Los Angeles City Council.

Janice Hahn's uncle, Gordon Hahn, was a member of the California State Assembly and a Los Angeles City Councilman from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.

Janice Hahn attended Abilene Christian University in Texas, earning a Bachelor of Science in education in 1974.

Janice Hahn taught at the Good News Academy, a private school in Westchester from 1974 to 1978.

Janice Hahn was elected to represent the Fifteenth District on the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, serving from 1997 to 1999.

Janice Hahn served on the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 15th District, from 2001 to 2011.

Janice Hahn was reelected to her third and final term in November 2009.

Janice Hahn cites her efforts to clean up the Port of Los Angeles as one of her main accomplishments while on the City Council.

Janice Hahn supported the addition of the Clean Trucks Program that requires the 16,000 diesel trucks serving the ports meet 2007 EPA emission standards within five years.

Janice Hahn has noted that the ports have been Southern California's largest emitter of greenhouse gasses and diesel emissions and that the Clean Trucks Program provides for improved working conditions, wages and benefits for port truckers.

Janice Hahn helped advance redevelopment projects at the Port of Los Angeles in both San Pedro and Wilmington.

Janice Hahn led the campaign to pass Measure A, which would have dedicated a sustainable revenue stream for those programs, but fell just shy of the two thirds percentage needed to pass.

Janice Hahn ran for Lieutenant Governor of California in 2010 but was defeated in the Democratic primary by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, finishing second in a field of three candidates.

On February 7,2011, Janice Hahn announced her intention to run for the US House of Representatives in the special election to fill California's 36th congressional district seat vacated by US Representative Jane Harman's departure to head the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Janice Hahn was one of sixteen candidates from all parties who competed in the special election primary on May 17,2011.

Janice Hahn finished first with 24 percent of the vote; Republican Craig Huey finished second with 22 percent.

On June 5,2011, Janice Hahn was officially endorsed by primary opponent Marcy Winograd, California State Controller John Chiang, Assemblyman Warren Furutani and Assemblywoman Betsy Butler, as well as the gun-control group Brady Campaign.

Janice Hahn voted on Nov 19,2015, for HR 4038, legislation that would effectively halt the resettlement of refugees from Syria and Iraq to the United States.

In 2018, Janice Hahn supported the appointment of Nicole Tinkham as interim public defender, despite a letter signed by 390 public defenders who were concerned that Tinkham lacked criminal law experience and the potential for a conflict of interest, given Tinkham's prior representation of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Some awards received by Janice Hahn include the Rosa Parks Award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Bold Vision Award from the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, the Public Service Award from the African-American Chamber of Commerce, the Recognition Award from the Harbor Area Gang Alternative Program, and enshrinement on the Promenade of Prominence in Watts.

Janice Hahn is a lifelong resident of Los Angeles and lives in San Pedro.