Katherine Lauren Hill (born August 25, 1987) is an American former politician and social services administrator from Agua Dulce, California.

On October 18, 2019, RedState, a conservative blog, published a report on an alleged affair between Hill and her Legislative Director, which they both denied.

Hill blamed the release of the photos on her ex-husband, called them an invasion of privacy and vowed to advocate for victims of revenge porn.

In June 2021, Hill was ordered to pay US$220,000 to the Daily Mail and other media, to reimburse the legal fees these companies spent defending themselves against her accusations.

Her mother, Rachel (née Campbell),[2] was a registered nurse, and her father, Michael Hill, was a police lieutenant.

[4] She attended California State University, Northridge where she earned a bachelor's degree in English and a Master of Public Administration.

[6] Later as the Executive Director for PATH, she raised the organization from a local force in Los Angeles County to one of the largest nonprofit providers of homes for the homeless in California.

[citation needed] She was the subject of a documentary-style series of episodes that aired on the HBO show Vice News Tonight.

[15] Vice News Tonight reportedly planned on doing a follow-up episode regarding Hill's advancement to the general election.

[20] Hill reportedly ran a grassroots campaign that didn't accept money from corporate political action committees.

[22] Hill has supported comprehensive immigration reform while working towards greater funding and security along the southern border to counter primarily illegal drug trafficking and other various crimes.

According to an October 2018 article in Rolling Stone, Hill is an unabashed gun owner: "We have the highest number of law enforcement officials of any district in my county.

[26] On October 18, 2019, the conservative political blog RedState published allegations that Hill was involved in an extramarital affair with her young male staffer.

In her last speech before Congress on October 31, 2019, Hill said there was a "double standard" and "misogynistic culture" that resulted in her decision to step down from her position: "I'm leaving, but we have men who have been credibly accused of intentional acts of sexual violence and remain in boardrooms, on the Supreme Court, in this very body, and worst of all, in the Oval Office...As my final act I voted to move forward with the impeachment of Donald Trump on behalf of the women of the United States of America.

Hill, whose PAC contributed $200,000,[48] said that Smith had been considered "the mom of Democratic politics" in the district for years, and that "there's no one else that I could even think of that I would want to run for this.

[51] Hill noted that, after her resignation, Monica Lewinsky reached out and offered to talk about some of the similarities and differences in their respective experiences being the victim of public shaming.

[71] Hill's memoir, She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality, in which she shares her experiences from her time in politics, was published in 2020.

[73] She contracted COVID-19 during the seventh month of her pregnancy, and gave birth to her son in early January 2022, seven weeks premature.