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JANICE HIGHLIGHTS
JUNE 5, 2023 / SPECTRUM NEWS ONE
“‘He really was a civil rights activist, and he always fought for the rights and the inclusion of African Americans,’ Hahn said about her late father, Kenneth Hahn. He served on the LA County Board of Supervisors for four decades, the same year that his daughter was born. Janice Hahn reflected on how her father was the only elected official in LA to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the airport in 1962.”
MARCH 14, 2023 / HMG NEWS MEDIA GROUP
“Today, Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Janice Hahn was among officials on the tarmac of Los Angeles International Airport welcoming President Joe Biden to Los Angeles. Hahn: ' Even while Congress refuses to act to pass the most basic gun violence prevention legislation, President Biden is doing everything in his power to save lives. He is focusing on the most effective tools we have right now...' ”
FEBRUARY 22, 2023 / ABC
“Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn says ‘There are years when we don't see the rain but when we do, we should keep our own water and we should storage, clean it, and then ultimately reuse it.’”
FEBRUARY 15, 2023 / DAILY BREEZE
“Hahn said some of the more urgent challenges facing the board include addressing homelessness and providing adequate mental health services to the unhoused and others in the county. She also listed the following issues: housing, jobs, safer communities, clean air and a strong economy.”
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 / FOX 11
LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn joined FOX 11 to talk about the board's recent approval on new gun regulations as well as a possible end to the COVID-19 emergency declaration.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2023 / L.A. TIMES
“The board will take a final vote on the motion, authored by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis, in two weeks. ‘Here we are: Facing a gun violence epidemic that continues to devastate our communities,’ Hahn said. ‘Today we’re taking steps forward in our fight against gun violence.’”
JANUARY 31, 2023 / LOS CERRITOS NEWS
“The new Boys & Girls Club of Pico Rivera Clubhouse was made possible by $300k grant from Hahn”
JANUARY 23, 2023 / DAILY BREEZE
“The hotel’s 60 rooms have been assigned to vets who had been on waiting lists for housing, according to the office of Janice Hahn. ’These veterans have been through a lot,’ Hahn said in a written comment. ‘We are going to do everything we can to support them and give them the help they need to turn their lives around.’”
JANUARY 10, 2023 / L.A. DAILY NEWS
“‘We are pressing the reset button on the homeless crisis,’ Hahn said. ‘We need to treat this like an emergency.’”
DECEMBER 2, 2022 / L.A. TIMES
“The changes that were made to the board meetings during the pandemic kept people safe, but came at the expense of unlimited access by the public to our work,” Hahn said. “As chair, my goal is to increase the public’s ability to participate in our meetings and weigh in, in real time, on policies the board is considering.”
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 / SPECTRUM NEWS ONE
"'Supervisors Hilda Solis and Janice Hahn brought forward a motion that passed that they say will help address the mental health crisis in LA County Jails"
AUGUST 22, 2022 / EASY READER
“By far, it’s the most important thing I have ever been involved in,” Hahn said. “And if I do nothing else with the remaining years I have in politics or in life, this will be why I went into public service. And this will be the thing I’m pretty sure my dad would be the most proud of.”
JULY 21, 2022 / AUDACY
“‘After years of hard work, we now have a county department dedicated entirely to addressing the needs of older adults and individuals with disabilities,’ Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a statement. `No longer will we be relying on a fragmented approach to helping these residents -- one where they had to navigate many different county departments to get the services they need. Instead, with this new department, we will be more agile and more responsive to the changing needs of our residents, and more proactive about shaping policy to make L.A. County a place that is more age-friendly and inclusive of all abilities.’”
MAY 4, 2022 / NBC
“Supervisor Janice Hahn called the draft ruling ‘terrible,’ and said she hoped the protests that have erupted nationwide might convince the justices to ‘rethink … one of the worst decisions they would ever make.’”
OCTOBER 20, 2021 / SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS
“On Oct. 19, the LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a proposal by Supervisor Janice Hahn and co-authored by Supervisor Hilda Solis that allows the LA County Department of Mental Health to enter negotiations with Metro about the possibility of using county mental health professionals to respond to mental health crises aboard Metro’s trains and buses.”
JUNE 8, 2021 / LAIST
"Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Janice Hahn co-authored the motion approved by the board Tuesday. It calls for a plan to make the PMRT available 24/7 — the teams currently operate full-time only during business hours on weekdays; on weekends and after 5 p.m. on weekdays they rely on voluntary overtime staffing, and they don’t respond at all between the hours of 2-8 a.m., according to the motion."
APRIL 8, 2021 / MY NEWS LA
“In a statement announcing the event, her office says Hahn has ‘recognized the opportunity the county has to begin to right the wrongs of the past and bring some justice to Charles and Willa Bruce’s descendants. She has been meeting with the family and has stated her intention to work to return the land to them.’”
AUGUST 18, 2019 / DAILY BREEZE
“When it comes to recovering from a stroke, every minute matters. It’s something L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn knows all too well… ‘I know many families have a loved one experiencing that type of debilitating damage from a stroke that my father had,” Hahn said. “So if we can provide a unit that prevents that type of result, then people’s quality of life will be improved greatly.”
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 / ABC
“The initiative, led by L.A. County Board of Supervisor Janice Hahn, is meant to help locate individuals with dementia, Alzheimer's disease or autism who wander.”
FEBRUARY 3, 2016 / DAILY BREEZE
“Hahn: 'I am calling for the reinstatement of the Port Community Advisory Committee in order to protect public health and begin to restore the trust lost between the community and the port.'”