Local politics are Supervisor candidate Hahn’s ‘bread and butter’
When Janice Hahn returned to her family’s home in South Central Los Angeles to tell them about her 1993 run at L.A.’s City Council, she thought back to her brother James’ campaign for City Controller. County Supervisor candidate Janice Hahn. Photo . Her father, legendary County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, put the “full Hahn machine” behind James, immediately making calls to put staffing and funding behind his son’s campaign. “When I went to that same home to let my parents know I was following in the footsteps…my father didn’t think I should do it,” she recalled. “He said, ‘Whatever you do, don’t ruin your marriage, don’t lose your home and don’t lose your kids.’” But she pushed on anyway — and finished third in the 15th District primary race, behind eventual winner Rudy Svorinich. With that in the mirror, Congresswoman Hahn can do little more than scoff when opponents accuse her of trading on her father’s name. “Riding his coattails hasn’t worked all that well,” she laughed. In the 23 years since her first run at office, Hahn has earned her bona fides, moving from LA city commissions in ’97 to City Council in 2001 to Capitol Hill, winning California’s 36th Congressional District in…
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