A RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT

GANGS

Created special Gang Unit within the City Attorney's office to focus necessary resources on criminal street gangs and carry out vertical prosecutions of gang members.

Opened new fronts in the war on street-gang crime in Los Angeles by pioneering the innovative concept of suing criminal street gangs and their members as unincorporated associations on the grounds that their activities constitute a public nuisance, and then obtaining injunctions to strictly limit their activities.

Hahn filed the first such actions in 1987 against the Playboy Gangster Crips and 1993 against the Blythe Street Gang. The abatement concept was challenged in a case that resulted in the state Supreme Court ruling in 1997 that the procedure is constitutional. Since then, Hahn has filed 11 abatements against such criminal street gangs as the Harbor City Crips. Harbor City, Culver City Boys, Venice Shoreline Crips, Venice 13, Langdon Street, 18th Street on three occasions, Mara Salvatrucha, and Harpys.

Authored the Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention (STEP) Act, which became state law in 1989. The Step Act is a comprehensive package of criminal and civil laws designed to combat street gangs as a new and violent form of organized crime.

Became the first prosecutor in the state to use the STEP Act to prosecute gang members for threats against law enforcement officers.

Pioneered the use in Los Angeles of a Public Utilities Commission regulation prohibiting telephones to be used in the commission of crime. The regulation has been used to obtain court orders denying telephone service to violators relying on that form of communication to carry out their illegal activities.

Joined with other city and county agencies in creating the Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) program, a state and federally funded task-force approach to the suppression of gang crime in specific geographical areas around the city. Launched in 1997 in the LAPD Northeast Area, CLEAR was responsible for a 39 percent reduction in violent crime in its first year of operation there. During that period, prosecutors assigned to the program from Hahn's Gang Unit reported a 100 percent conviction rate.

Joined with other agencies in establishing the Safe Harbors Program dedicated to ridding school campuses and recreational facilities of crime and street-gang intimidation in an effort to divert young people away from criminal activities and influences.

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GUNS

Hahn organized the California Gun Task Force in 1999, a cooperative group of cities and counties co-chaired by Hahn and San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne which filed coordinated lawsuits in Los Angeles and San Francisco on May 25, 1999, which accused handgun makers, distributors and trade associations of illegally ignoring firearm safety technology and facilitating an underground market which puts handguns in the hands of criminals, children and other persons prohibited by law from possessing them.

Following the filing of that lawsuit, Hahn became a leader of a national group comprised by the Clinton Administration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and cities and counties which also had sued the gun industry. In March, 2000, Smith & Wesson became the first major handgun manufacturer to settle the litigation by agreeing to undertake sweeping reforms in the way its makes and markets handguns. The settlement was based on a proposal Hahn presented to the gun industry in a Sept. 27, 1999, meeting in Washington D.C.

Followed up on that victory by calling for governmental entities to give preference in law- enforcement firearms purchases to gun makers like Smith & Wesson who agree to act responsibly.

Adopted a tough enforcement position toward illegal firearms and ordered his deputies to seek jail time in all appropriate cases, particularly those in which weapons are found in motor vehicles.

Joined as early supporter of Senator David Roberti and Assemblyman Mike Roos in effort to pass state law banning assault weapons.

Wrote the law that made Los Angeles the first major city in California to ban assault weapons, and successfully defended the ban in court.

Filed and successfully prosecuted the first Los Angeles case under a new state law making it a crime to store a firearm in a manner that makes it accessible to a child.

Has strongly endorsed efforts to limit sales of Saturday Night Specials.

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CHILDREN

Established the L.A. Kid Watch program in 1999 which uses citizen volunteers to protect children going to and from school in areas of the city most heavily impacted by violent street gang activity and drug trafficking. Trained Kid Watch volunteers watch over the children and report any suspicious activity to police.

Pioneered the use in Los Angeles of the child abuse law against defendants who batter in the presence of children. Won the first conviction in March, 1996, when a defendant got 1 ½ years in jail for threatening to kill his wife with a knife while his 8-year-old stepdaughter watched.

Developed record of tough enforcement in child abuse and molestation cases, particularly focusing on "home-alone" and day-care neglect cases and cases of molestation involving teachers and sexual predators who prey on children near schools and along routes to and from schools.

Has a vigorous, long-standing enforcement program in conjunction with the LAPD Sexually Exploited Child Unit against persons dealing in or in possession of child pornography.

Focused attention on the problem of unregulated and unsafe child car seats by filing a lawsuit against Los Angeles and foreign-based companies and individuals responsible for marketing the potentially dangerous Lin Lih seat, which was being manufactured in Taiwan and imported into the United States with phony registry numbers.

Joined with other California cities and counties in a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Co. which resulted in a 1997 settlement under which the tobacco company agreed to end its Joe Camel advertising campaign which was aimed at enticing children to smoke.

Followed up on that victory for the health of children by establishing in 2000 the innovative Tobacco Enforcement Program in the City Attorney's Office which will make it necessary for anyone selling tobacco products in Los Angeles to obtain a city permit. Tobacco vendors then will be monitored through "sting" operations using underaged operatives. Failing to obtain a city permit is a criminal misdemeanor and any merchants caught selling to minors will lose their permits to sell tobacco products under a graduated schedule ranging from 30 days to a year. The program will be funded by part of the $312. million the city is to receive over the next 25 years from the national tobacco settlement which grew out of litigation in which Hahn participated.

Moved to meet the challenge of pedophiles in the new computer and Internet technology age being able to download child pornography. Filed the first such Internet case in May, 1995, with the defendant being convicted in June, 1995.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Re-established a Domestic Violence Unit in the City Attorney's Office upon being becoming city attorney in 1985 and fought for funding over the years that has dramatically increased its size to make it the largest such unit in a city prosecutorial office in the nation. The City Attorney's Office handles about 21,000 domestic violence-related cases each year.

Sponsored over 30 separate pieces of state legislation to better address the problem of domestic violence. In particular, worked with state legislators in writing two new state laws, both of which went into effect in 1992, which made gender bias a hate crime and allowed expert testimony on

Battered Women Syndrome to be admitted in criminal cases. These laws gave California one of the toughest arrays of domestic violence statutes in the nation.

Donated hundreds of Polaroid cameras to the LAPD to be placed in patrol cars and used by officers to gather photographic evidence in domestic violence cases.

Helped write a new law extending domestic violence laws to cover same-sex relationships and filed the first cases in the state under the statute in 1995.

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HOUSING

Initiated a program under which convicted slumlords are required as a condition of probation to contribute to non-profit organizations assisting the homeless and under privileged.

Made the upgrading of rental housing in Los Angeles through vigorous prosecution of slumlords a priority of his office. This enforcement program by the Housing Enforcement Unit, which coordinates the Slum Housing Task Force, has resulted in about 22,000 substandard housing units being made habitable and $7.5 million imposed in fines, investigative costs and charitable donations since Hahn became city attorney.  In addition, 116 cases resulted in jail sentences for slumlords.

Pioneered the concept of slumlords being sentenced to live under electronically monitored house arrest in their own slum buildings. A total of 35 cases have resulted in that penalty being imposed.

Took steps to assist efforts to improve conditions in the blighted Los Angeles Skid Row District by focusing on prosecutions which force slumlords to upgrade housing, abatement actions which combat the drug-dealing problem in the area, and the program under which slumlords are forced to make charitable contributions to non-profit organizations assisting the homeless and under privileged.

Launched an ongoing enforcement effort in conjunction with the Los Angeles City Housing Authority to prosecute persons who swindle the authority out of federally-financed rent subsidies

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ELDER ABUSE

Created in the City Attorney's Office an Elder Crimes Unit in September, 1999, which is comprised by prosecutors in the Domestic Violence Unit, who deal with elder abuse in the home by family member or non-family caregivers; Consumer Protection Unit, who handle all other elder-crime cases, including financial abuse; and General Counsel Division, who work with the city

Department of Aging's elder-abuse coordinator on outreach and elder-abuse reporting efforts.

Reacted to the growing number of elder abuse cases that go unreported each year by organizing the multi-agency Elder Abuse Task Force in February, 1999, to focus attention on elder crimes, coordinate the efforts of member agencies and increase prosecutions of elder crimes, both those that go unreported and those that are not investigated and prosecuted because victims recant or refuse to cooperate with police and prosecutors.

Joined with state Attorney General Bill Lockyer and others to launch the Operation Guardians task force in March, 2000, to crack down on violations of law in California nursing homes.

Focused the attention of various units in his office on combating crimes against the elderly and infirm. Made elder abuse a priority of the Domestic Violence Unit within the City Attorney's Office. Also used his Consumer Protection Unit to target board-and-care facilities and nursing homes involved in illegal activities.

Taken a leadership position in calling for tougher state laws to regulate elder care facilities and more enforcement efforts by the California Department of Social Services.

City Attorney's Office undertook joint training with LAPD on how to deal with special problems encountered in elder abuse cases.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY

Launched the FALCON (Focused Attack Linking Community Organizations and Neighborhoods) Narcotics Abatement Unit in conjunction with the LAPD and city Department of Building and Safety. FALCON's goal is to revitalize neighborhoods by encouraging self- abatement of narcotics locations through a cooperative approach involving affected property owners.

  In 1997, teamed up with the LAPD, Department of Building and Safety and city Housing Department to create the Citywide Nuisance Abatement Program (CNAP), which includes FALCON and a new unit called the Narcotics Enforcement Surveillance Team (NEST). CNAP, which has the mission of targeting the worst abandoned structures and nuisance properties in Los Angeles and has cleaned up hundreds of them, is a multi-agency task force which is the first of its kind in the nation. One of CNAP's innovative strategies has been to get receivers appointed to take over and rehabilitate blighted, nuisance properties. Another is the concept of block projects in which specific areas are targeted for task-force operations designed to clean up blight and help residents reclaim control of their neighborhoods.

 In 1999, began using a new law written by city prosecutors he assigned to CNAP which permits prosecutors to step in and evict drug dealers and users when landlords fail to do so. Hahn quickly followed up on enactment of the law by creating a new CNAP unit -- the Narcotics Eviction Team (NET) -- which was involved in almost 200 evictions of drug dealers and users in its first six months of operation.

 Initiated major effort to combat visual blight caused by graffiti vandals and posters of illegal signs. His campaign against graffiti vandals has led to numerous prosecutions, many of them resulting in substantial jail terms, including the successful prosecution of the Southland's worst graffiti vandal -- "Chaka"-- who was responsible for more than $500,000 worth of property damage.

 Hahn established a trust fund in 1999 which is used to finance illegal sign and graffiti-removal around the city. The fund, which has been used for such things as purchasing equipment for an LAPD task force combating graffiti and for a citizen's organization that paints out graffiti, was launched by a $30,000 donation the corporate owner of the House of Blues was required to make in 1999 as part of its sentence for posting hundreds of illegal signs in the San Fernando Valley and elsewhere in the city.

 Implemented an innovative program under which convicted prostitutes are banned from engaging in certain prostitution precursor activities in Hollywood and certain areas of the San Fernando Valley where prostitution has become a particularly severe problem.

 Initiated anti-prostitution enforcement program involving use of the state law against giving police a phony name in order to crack down on the ability of prostitutes to escape punishment by using bogus names in order to avoid being identified as repeat offenders.

 Mounted a vigorous campaign of using public nuisance, alcohol, and red light abatement statutes to target problem areas, including locations used for prostitution, where criminal activity causes neighborhood blight.

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DRUGS

Through the FALCON program, implemented the use of federal narcotics asset forfeiture laws to seize properties being used for narcotics trafficking when owners are involved in the activity and fail to cooperate with self-abatement efforts.

 Worked through the FALCON Narcotics Abatement Unit to use the state Controlled Substances Abatement Act I 1993 to obtain the first-ever injunction against an entire mini-mall which had become a hotspot for drug trafficking.

 Wrote a new city trespassing ordinance designed to combat street-gang crime and drug trafficking on private property by establishing a comprehensive statutory scheme to regulate entry onto private property.

 Sponsored a statewide law which makes it a crime to loiter for the intent to deal in narcotics. In one of the first cases prosecuted by Hahn under this new law, a Sylmar man was sentenced to 240 days in jail for flagging down motorists and directing them to two other men.

 Using the California Controlled Substances Abatement Act to take civil action against the owners and operators of drug-dealing hotspots, obtained court orders requiring strict conditions on the continued operation of a location in order to end the narcotics trafficking.

 Became first prosecutor in California to use the Controlled Substances Abatement Act to go after single-family dwellings where "rock-house" operations had been set up.

 Initiated prosecutions of individuals who seek to purchase drugs under a new law making solicitation a crime.

 Worked with U.S. Attorney's Office to create the Los Angeles Street Gang Drug Trafficking Task Force comprised by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies---including attorneys form the City Attorney's Office--to target major drug distributors affiliated with street gangs.

 Targeted the center of rock cocaine trafficking in the San Fernando Valley by obtaining an injunction in 1999 to strictly regulate the activities of the Langdon Street Gang in North Hills.

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ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME

 Maintains a special unit in his Special Operations Branch called the Environmental Protection Unit which is devoted exclusively to prosecuting violations of environmental laws. This unit also coordinates the city Environmental Strike Force, a multi-agency, coordinated attack on environmental crime.

 Became one of the first California prosecutors to file a criminal case under the state's new Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, by launching an ongoing crackdown against violators who spill fuel in the Los Angeles Harbor.

 Worked the South Coast Air Quality Management District to set up an ongoing campaign to enforce laws regulating the safe handling of cancer-causing asbestos.

 Took legal action that resulted in cancellation of the proposed Angeles Pipeline which was scheduled for construction to carry oil through the heart of Los Angeles without adequate environmental impact studies to determine the hazards and potential affects on the city and its residents.

 Made an ongoing crackdown on firms dumping hazardous materials into the city sewer a priority of his Environmental Protection Unit. Such illegal dumping can damage the sewer system, pose a threat to sewer workers and contribute to ocean pollution.

 Launched an enforcement program against offenders who dump hazardous materials into the city storm drain system, which empties directly into Santa Monica Bay and contributes to the pollution of that body of water.

 Launched enforcement of two important new city laws designed to protect the public safety and environment--an ordinance regulating underground tanks and the "right to know" ordinance requiring business to provide information to the Fire Department on the types and amounts of hazardous materials they possess.

 Stressed the environmental and public health hazards posed by the illegal disposal of medical wastes and called for tougher regulation and enforcement in the area.

 Took legal action which resulted in approval being withdrawn for construction of a new toxic waste incinerator project in the neighboring City of Vernon.

 Worked with the LAPD Hazardous Materials Unit in a continuing crackdown on violators of hazardous materials transportation safety laws on Los Angeles streets and freeways. The volume of cases handled makes this campaign the largest and most effective in the nation.

 Won the biggest fine--$250,000 - for a toxics case in city history as a result of the prosecution of Todd Shipyards for the illegal storage of carcinogenic PCB wastes at its San Pedro facility.

 Initiated the first prosecutions in city history for violations of state laws regulating the handling of radioactive materials.

 Has compelled violators of environmental laws to donate more than $1 million in direct financial assistance over the past five years to non-profit environmental groups as part of their sentences.

 In one of his most significant cases, sued the owner of Wyvernwood Garden Apartments in east Los Angeles in 1998 and forced him to undertake a comprehensive program to make the giant 1,100-unit housing complex safe from deteriorating lead-based paint. The settlement was the first such action to grow out of a Proposition 65 lead abatement enforcement action by a government entity in California. During the four years prior to the filing of this lawsuit, about 8,000 people -- 2,000 of whom were children aged between 1 and 6 -- had lived at Wyvernwood. Hahn took the action after county health officials reported four cases of lead poisoning involving children living at the complex. Tests done on samples of lead-based paint taken from exteriors of the four apartments where the children lived showed lead levels up to 94 times the legal limit.

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LABOR

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

 Implemented an ongoing enforcement effort against counterfeiters of major brand-name clothing which victimizes both consumers and garment workers. Coordinated a number of anti- counterfeiting operations, including major Garment District sweeps where hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit clothing has been seized and ultimately donated to the needy and groups working with youth.

 Carried out similar enforcement actions against persons who pirate compact disks, cassettes and movie videos in violation of law.

 Undertook an ongoing enforcement effort in conjunction with the state Bureau of Automotive Repair which targets unscrupulous auto repair operators who victimize customers and insurance companies by charging for shoddy work or repairs which are not done. Prosecutions result in stiff fines, jail terms and restitution to victims of the swindles.

 Launched an ongoing series of prosecutions of bogus health care providers -- particularly doctors and dentists -- who operate in small clinics and in underground offices in houses and apartments and victimize people, usually those without medical insurance, who are seeking inexpensive care.

 Working with the state Contractors Licensing Board, has prosecuted hundreds of con artists who victimize homeowners by posing as licensed contractors and either do shoddy work or demand advance fees and do little or no work at all. Carried out a major crackdown on such swindlers following the devastating Northridge earthquake.

 Became first officeholder to support the Proposition 103 insurance reform measure and was an outspoken leader of the campaign. After passage of the proposition, joined with the California Attorney General's Office in successfully fighting the insurance industry's legal challenge to implementation of the reform measure. In 1998, Hahn continued his longtime campaign against redlining, the basing of insurance rates on zip codes, by leading litigation that forced Insurance Commissioner Charles Quackenbush to end the practice.

 Worked with the city Department of Transportation to crack down on bandit taxi drivers who operate without security checks or liability insurance. In a recent case, Hahn obtained a 785-day jail sentence against a bandit taxi operator who fled peace officers at speeds over 100 miles per hour with a customer locked in the back seat.

 Launched an ongoing crackdown against home equity fraud, credit repair fraud, loan swindles, eviction aid, job-placement services, employment scams, and other schemes that hit consumers in the wake of the economic down turn and rise in unemployment that hit the Southland in the early 1990s. In 2000, Hahn was appointed to a national task force created by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo to determine how to eliminate predatory lending practices -- such as excessive fees, provision of credit life insurance and prepayment penalties -- from the home mortgage market. A particular problem in the Southland, such practices are primarily centered in the subprime mortgage lending market which is booming due to the economic upswing that has produced the highest home ownership rates in the nation's history.

 Vigorously enforces laws against workers compensation fraud, including doctors accused of illegally paying for patient referrals. Took civil action that resulted in the recovery in June, 1995, of more than $1 million from a former city Personnel Department official suspected of involvement in a widespread fraud within that agency's worker's compensation program.

 Took civil action against businessman Marshall Redman and his companies who were involved in a desert homesite land swindle which targeted the Spanish-speaking population in May, 1995, the defendants settled by paying $580,000 in civil fines and other costs and mining control of about $30 million in assets to a court-appointed receiver.

 Created a unit in his office to focus on consumer protection by monitoring utility rate change application made to the California Public Utilities Commission. Hahn has greatly expanded the responsibilities of this unit as part of his leadership role in the campaign to protect the rights of telephone users. Hahn's efforts before the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) resulted in action by both agencies that led in 1999 to the end of area code overlays and splitting in favor of telephone number conservation measures. He also was a leading advocate of the Telecommunications Consumer Protection Bill of Rights.

 Also launched enforcement efforts by his Consumer Protection Unit to safeguard the interests of telecommunications consumers. That has included the filing of a $20 million lawsuit in 2000 against AirTouch and Tandy Corp. for alleged conspiracy in false advertising and unfair business practices in the marketing of cellular telephones; a 1997 case in which four companies — ICAW Inc., City Page Communication Inc., Pacific Mobil & Wireless Inc., and Avant-Garde Communications Inc. -- that deal in the sale of cellular telephones and pagers were required to pay $25,000 in civil fines and to operate under the terms of a consumer-protection injunction to settle a lawsuit for false advertising and illegal business practice; and a 1997 case in which Future Telephone Communications (FTC) was fined $25,000 and ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution to about 30,000 San Fernando Valley telephone subscribers who had been billed for long-distance service they never received. The president of the company also was convicted in the case.

 Moved to meet the challenge of crime in the new computer and Internet technology age by using existing laws to prosecute cases of computer theft and cellular telephone cloning.

 Joined in the formation in 1998 of the Immigration Consumer Task Force to target immigration consultants operating illegally in Los Angeles, and carried out a number of successful prosecutions of individuals for violations of the Immigration Consultants Act which was enacted to protect customers of immigration consultants.

 Joined in the formation in 1998 of the Operation Cold Call task force which is targeting illegal telemarketing operations which target consumers, particularly the elderly. As part of the multi- agency crackdown, Hahn has successfully prosecuted dozens of individuals and companies for violating the California Telephonic Sellers Act.

 Worked with the Health Services Pharmaceutical Drug Task Force in an ongoing crackdown on merchants illegally dealing in dangerous prescription drugs. Has successfully prosecuted dozens of business owners and employees for such offenses as illegally dealing in prescription drugs, acting as a pharmacist without a license and selling improperly packaged and labeled drugs. A Panorama City man recently was sentenced to a year in jail after his second conviction for illegally dealing in prescription drugs at an Arleta party-supplies store. Prescription drugs seized during task force operations include a lice treatment that can cause toxicity to the brain, a menopause medication that contains a hormone that can cause cancer, birth control products that can cause cancer in reproductive organs if not properly monitored by a doctor and possible damage to a fetus, a pain killer that is banned in the U.S. because its use can be fatal, and a steroid product that can cause thinning of the skin and deformity.

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CIVIL RIGHTS

 Won a decade-long legal fight for an accurate census by leading a national coalition that forced the Department of Commerce to implement a procedure in the 2000 census to correct the historic undercount which has most seriously impacted minority neighborhoods, denying them representation and federal funds allocated on the basis of population.

 Worked with the Los Angeles City Department of Building and Safety to set up an enforcement program launched in 1992 to prosecute violators of disabled-access laws.

 Created a special AIDS Anti-Discrimination Unit in his office to enforce the city's first-in-the- nation ordinance prohibiting certain forms of discrimination against persons with AIDS.

 Created a special emphasis on the prosecution of hate crimes by the Special Enforcement Unit of his Special Operations Branch. In one recent case, a Highland Park man was sentenced to work 1,000 hours at the Museum of Tolerance for a racially-motivated terror campaign against a 14- year-old boy. In another case, a Hollywood man got 300 days in jail for screaming threats and obscenities at women entering and leaving the Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood.

 Maintains a citywide network of victim assistance offices which provides non-monetary help to tens of thousands of crime victims and their families each year and also assists them in obtaining millions of dollars from the state Victims of Crime Fund.

 Broke new ground by intervening on the side of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit by four men who charged Western Dental Services Inc., a chain of dental clinics, with refusing to treat HIV- infected persons.

 Took the lead in defending legal challenges against the city ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and also formed the Marital Status Discrimination Task Force which wrote a comprehensive report on the problem and spearheaded a campaign for changes in the law

 Helped to lead 1996 Southland campaign to raise funds to rebuild Black churches burned in the South.

 Successfully defended the city's minority business enterprise and women business enterprise outreach programs in 1992 against a constitutional challenge filed by a failed bidder for a city contract. The programs -- which are race and gender neutral and, therefore, do not violate the provisions of Proposition 209 -- are aimed at ensuing equal contracting opportunities for business enterprises.

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ADMINISTRATION

 Undertook the biggest shakeup of the City Attorney's Office during his tenure by carrying out a 1998 comprehensive reorganization of his Civil Branch -- including creation of a new Police Division and LAPD Liaison Unit -- to streamline the operation to meet the challenges posed by the increased size of the LAPD and the changing nature of litigation and to make the Civil Branch more efficient and responsive to the public and the clients it serves within city government. The new Police Division was formed to consolidate and expand legal services provided to the LAPD and Police Commission. The LAPD Liaison Unit coordinates and provides fulltime legal service to the chief of police.

 Established an affirmative action policy that has resulted in major increases in the numbers of minorities and women hired and promoted to management positions. Hired half of the female attorneys working in the office and all of the women working in supervisorial positions. Additionally, hired all of the African-American and Latino attorneys and 75 percent of Asian- American attorneys working in supervisorial positions.

 Launched a comprehensive program to computerize the City Attorney's Office and all its branches located at 19 locations around Los Angeles. The ongoing installation of automation technology has greatly enhanced the ability to provide information to client agencies to assist them in their risk management efforts.

 Moved quickly in the wake of the unfolding LAPD Rampart scandal to deal with both the impact on the Criminal Branch of the City Attorney's Office and the Civil Branch, which is charged with defending city taxpayers against claims and lawsuits against the LAPD.

 On the Criminal Branch side, Hahn organized a team of prosecutors which is involved in an ongoing review of criminal cases to determine those that should be dismissed and ordered a review of two gang injunctions put on hold by the scandal to determine what steps must be taken to reestablish them.

 On the Civil Branch side, Hahn obtained additional resources to beef up his Police Division to deal with Rampart-related claims and lawsuits and established a working group of top Civil Branch managers to oversee the effort.

 Hahn also established the Rampart Working Group comprised by the City Attorney's Office, Mayor's Office, the CLA and the chairs of the City Council Public Safety and Budget and Finance committees in order to facilitate involvement of the executive and legislative branches of city government in dealing with Rampart-related claims and lawsuits.

 Hahn also issued key legal opinions defining civilian oversight of the LAPD by the Police Commission, the power of the Inspector General, and the authority of the LAPD to use polygraph testing to screen new recruits.

 Hahn also took a leadership role in calling for an independent commission to oversee the Rampart investigation and in negotiating with the U.S. Justice Department in regard to its pattern and practice investigation of the LAPD.

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