Janice Hahn, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California visited with Run Women Run in November. Janice is  the only woman candidate and would be the first woman to hold the seat.

Since being elected in 2001, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn has been a champion for the people.  Following in the footsteps of her father, beloved County Supervisor Kenny Hahn, she is a courageous leader who provides a voice for those that most need to be heard.

Elected to the Charter Reform Commission in 1997, Janice helped move the city in a new direction.  Because of her, Los Angeles now boasts a widely successful neighborhood council system--ensuring that community stakeholders have a say in local issues.

Janice has fought for change at the Port of Los Angeles.  Working to protect and create good paying jobs on the docks, she has also been an advocate for clean air.  Because of Janice, the impacts of port operations, from traffic to noise to pollution, have been significantly reduced.  She spearheaded the program to move goods during off-peak hours.  When everyone said it could not be done, she persisted.  Because of Janice's leadership, more than 35% of goods are now moved during nights and weekends.  More recently, she has been a vocal proponent of the Clean Trucks Program, which will cut pollution from trucks at the port by 80%.

Along with Mayor Jim Hahn, Janice was instrumental in the early development of the waterfront promenade in the Harbor Area.  She has always believed that a grand promenade that stretches from the Vincent Thomas Bridge to the outer breakwater is essential to creating a world-class waterfront.  Once completed, Los Angeles' waterfront will be a source of good jobs and a tourist destination for visitors from all over the state, nation and world.

Janice has been the loudest voice in support of modernizing Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).  At her urging, LAX is currently undergoing an $800 million renovation which includes the addition of new contact gates for the next generation of larger planes.  Modernizing LAX is essential to keeping Los Angeles competitive and attracting both airlines and passengers-giving the tourism industry a much needed jolt.

Janice has established herself as a leader in the fight against gangs in Los Angeles.  She has been a longtime advocate of keeping kids from joining gangs through early prevention.  Working closely with Chief Bratton and rank and file LAPD officers, she has worked diligently to reach every child in Los Angeles before they join gangs--through gang prevention, intervention, job training and after-school programs.

Janice has been a loyal champion in the fight to improve the quality of life for the working men and women of Los Angeles. She is proud to have walked the picket lines with the ILWU when they were locked out of the docks in 2002.  She successfully fought to see that hotel workers along the Century Corridor near LAX received a fair living wage; implemented a system to provide quality family health care for workers at Los Angeles World Airports and has worked to transform truck drivers at the Port of Angeles from struggling, independent drivers into well-paid employee drivers.  She has stood with airport workers, grocery workers, court interpreters, nurses, and others, in the struggle for good jobs.  Janice strongly believes that there should never be a class of people termed the "working poor." People who work hard should not be poor in Los Angeles.

A true champion for the people, Janice has accomplished so much since she was elected. There is no doubt that she will show unrelenting courage as she continues to be a champion for the people when elected as Lieutenant Governor of California in 2010.