Johnathan Ryan Hernandez

Santa Ana City Councilmember Ward 5 (2020-present, re-elected 2024) running for State Assembly District 68. Community Health Worker and youth advocate. Single father who founded a nonprofit at age 23 to disrupt the incarceration cycle. Grandson of Mexican immigrants from Guadalajara whose family was displaced from Chavez Ravine to make way for Dodger Stadium.

Grandson of Mexican immigrants Enrique and Indelisa who came to the U.S. from Guadalajara in the late 1950s. Family displaced from Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles to make way for Dodger Stadium, then settled in Santa Ana's Artesia Pilar neighborhood. Great-grandfather Jose earned citizenship after being drafted for WWII, then joined the labor movement. Grandfather Enrique served over 43 years with Laborers International Union Local 652. Raised by single mother; father was a neighborhood gang leader who rejected him. Has older brother Michael and younger sister Sophia. First man in his family on his father's side to not go to jail or prison. Single father to daughter Evoni (born when Johnathan was 17, administered his City Council oath in 2020). Witnessed trauma growing up: recalls coming home as a child to find his uncle with a youngster who had overdosed.