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“My focus as Board Chair: that we deliver for our constituents, so they see that their investments are paying off in safer, cleaner, more convenient transit.”
Janice Hahn L.A. County Supervisor Metro Board Chair
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY 29th District Robert Rivas
60 West Market St., Suite 110 Salinas CA 93901 (831) 759-8676
525 Monterey Street Soledad, CA 93960 (831) 759-8676
62nd District Jose Luis Solache Jr. 4909 Lakewood Boulevard, Suite 400 Lakewood, CA 90712 (562) 529-3250
34th District Tom Lackey 41301 12th Street West Suite F Palmdale, CA 93551 (661) 267-7636 39th District Juan Carrillo 823 East Avenue Q-9 Suite A Palmdale, CA 93550 (661) 266-3908 40th District Pilar Schiavo 27441 Tourney Rd. Suite 160 Santa Clarita, CA 91355 (661) 286-1565
44th District Nick Shultz 300 East Magnolia Boulevard, Suite 504 Burbank, CA 91502 (818) 558-3043 46th District Jesse Gabriel 20750 Ventura Blvd. Suite 101 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 346-4521 48th District Blanca E. Rubio 100 North Barranca St. Suite 895 West Covina, CA 91791 (626) 960-4457 49th District Mike Fong 1255 Corporate Center Dr. Suite 216 Monterey Park, CA 91754 (323) 264-4949 51st District Rick Chavez Zbur 2800 28th St. Suite 105 Santa Monica, CA 90405 (310) 450-0041 52nd District Jessica Caloza 1910 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 810 Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 483-5252
53rd District Michelle Rodriguez 13160 7th Street, Chino, CA 91710 (909) 902-9606
By Elizabeth Smilor Special Sections Writer Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn: Safety Comes First “You can’t take a weapon into Dodger Stadium
64th District Blanca Pacheco 8255 Firestone Blvd. Suite 203 Downey, CA 90241 (562) 861-5803
54th District Mark Gonzalez 320 West Fourth Street, Room 1050, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 620-4646
or onto a plane, and you shouldn’t be able to take a weapon onto Metro,” Chair Hahn said. “I want to see weapons detection technology installed at our rail stations and aboard our buses as soon as possible.” The Chair’s two other top priorities are to address the unhoused population on the Metro system; and improve the overall rider experience. The Metro Board is advancing a partnership in Long Beach that will provide beds for unhoused riders who have nowhere to go when the trains stop running in the middle of the night. “It is my hope that we can help these people into interim housing so that they do not have to resort to the train for shelter,” she said.
n her role as Metro Board Chair, L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s top priority is the safety of the millions of Metro riders and its nearly 12,000 employees. Metro rail network, but I think we all realize that these new lines and stations will ultimately fail if riders’ top concern isn’t whether the Metro system goes where they need it to – but whether they will reach their destination safely,” said Hahn, who serves as Chair from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. As Supervisor since 2016 she represents the 4th District, which stretches from Commerce to Long Beach, and La Habra Heights to Rancho Palos Verdes, and also includes Santa Catalina Island. In her first month as Metro Board Chair, a set of safety initiatives have been moved forward by the Board, she said. Chair Hahn supports more visible law enforcement on the system as Metro works to establish its Transit Community Public Safety Department (TCPSD). Also currently underway, is a pilot program at Union Station to test three different types of weapons detection technologies. “There are projects in the works to expand our
65th District Mike A. Gipson 205 South Willowbrook Ave. Compton, CA 90220 (310) 605-5557
55th District Isaac G. Bryan 5601 West Slauson Ave. Suite 200 Culver City, CA 90230 (310) 641-5410
66th District Al Muratsuchi 3424 West Carson St. Suite 450 Torrance, CA 90503 (310) 375-0691 67th District Sharon Quirk-Silva 4 Centerpointe Dr. Suite 120 La Palma, CA 90623 (714) 521-6713 69th District Josh Lowenthal 5000 East Spring St. Suite 550 Long Beach, CA 90815 (562) 429-0470
41st District John Harabedian 600 North Rosemead Boulevard, Suite 117 Pasadena, CA 91107 (626) 351-1917 42nd District Jacqui Irwin 223 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Suite 412 Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 370-0542
56th District Lisa Calderon 13181 Crossroads
Parkway North, Suite 160 City of Industry, CA 91746 (562) 692-5858
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To improve rider experience, buses and trains need to be clean and arrive on time, and stations need to be clean, well-lit, and safe, Hahn said. “When my father (Kenneth Hahn) was an L.A. County Supervisor, he would take a different route to the office through his district every day. And
57th District Sade Elhawary 700 Exposition Park Drive Los Angeles, CA 90037 (213) 744-2111
every time he came across a pothole, he would report it to his staff and tell them that, the next time he drove that road, he expected it to be fixed,” she recalled. “So, I am going to take a page out of my dad’s book. I am making it a point to ride Metro more often so that I better understand what our riders experience every See Janice Hahn Pg 30
43rd District Celeste Rodriguez 9300 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, First Floor
61st District Tina McKinnor One Manchester Blvd. Suite 601 Inglewood, CA 90301 (310) 412-6400
Arleta, CA 91331 (818) 504-3911
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