Janani Ramachandran
2023 - Present
2027
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Janani Ramachandran is a member of the Oakland City Council in California, representing District 4. She assumed office on January 2, 2023. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Ramachandran ran for election to the Oakland City Council to represent District 4 in California. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Ramachandran earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 2014 and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2020. Her career experience includes working as a social justice attorney.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2022)
General election
General election for Oakland City Council District 4
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Janani Ramachandran in round 1 .
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Total votes: 27,565 |
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2021
See also: California state legislative special elections, 2021
General election
Special general election for California State Assembly District 18
Mia Bonta defeated Janani Ramachandran in the special general election for California State Assembly District 18 on August 31, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mia Bonta (D) | 56.9 | 43,762 |
 | Janani Ramachandran (D) | 43.1 | 33,181 | |
| Total votes: 76,943 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 18
The following candidates ran in the special primary for California State Assembly District 18 on June 29, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mia Bonta (D) | 38.0 | 22,558 |
| ✔ | | Janani Ramachandran (D) | 23.7 | 14,036 |
 | Malia Vella (D) | 16.9 | 10,053 | |
| Stephen Slauson (R) | 9.6 | 5,725 | ||
| Victor Aguilar (D) | 6.6 | 3,938 | ||
 | James Aguilar (D) | 1.8 | 1,039 | |
| Eugene Canson (D) | 1.7 | 1,029 | ||
| Joel Britton (Independent) | 1.3 | 750 | ||
| Nelsy Batista (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 187 | ||
| Total votes: 59,328 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Ramachandran's endorsements in the 2021 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Janani Ramachandran did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Note: Ramachandran submitted a revised answer to the following survey question on June 10, 2021:
Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?
- Living Wages: I will fight to raise the minimum wage in California to $22/hr by 2022– with a dedicated plan to support small businesses. Living wages will lift millions of California families out of poverty while strengthening our economy.
- Housing: I will strengthen tenant protections by repealing Costa Hawkins and the Ellis Act, provide better services for our unhoused neighbors, and increase access to affordable and working class housing.
- Climate Justice: I will work to enact a Green New Deal with a racial justice lens immediately, because California’s extreme climate events and deadly toxic pollutants harm us all, especially low income communities of color.
Janani Ramachandran completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ramachandran's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- A living wage is a human right. We must align the minimum wage to California’s true cost of living – at least $22.00/hr – which will lift millions of California families out of poverty while strengthening our economy.
- Healthcare is a human right. We must implement our own Medicare for All network because every Californian deserves quality care.
- Clean air is a human right. We must enact a Green New Deal quickly, because California’s extreme climate events and deadly toxic pollutants harm us all, especially low-income communities of color.
Economic opportunity is a human right. Every Californian deserves the ability to have a stable job and economic independence. We must prioritize the growth and development of small businesses in the post-pandemic recovery period.
Safety in our homes and communities is a human right. We must radically re-imagine our criminal justice system to heal survivors and perpetrators of harm in order to end toxic cycles of violence. We can start by prioritizing proven interventions, including transformative justice programs and mental health services with a culturally centered lens.
Healthcare is a human right. We must implement our own Medicare for All network because every Californian deserves quality care.
A living wage is a human right. We must align the minimum wage to California’s true cost of living – at least $22.00/hr – which will lift millions of California families out of poverty while strengthening our economy.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Oakland City Council District 4 |
Officeholder Oakland City Council District 4 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 1, 2021.
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| Preceded by Sheng Thao |
Oakland City Council District 4 2023-Present |
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