Eric Garcetti Quotes
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On my mom's side, the Jewish side of the family, I come from a family of musicians who are pianists, so I've always loved cultural expression.
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Mayors in any city are pretty non-partisan people where it's problem solvers.
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I love going to the river not only to enjoy nature, but to think about the Los Angeles River's place in our city's history and to envision its great place in our future.
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I lived in Burma for a couple of summers in the '90s, working with the democratic resistance that had fled to the jungles.
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I'm not one of those politicians, to my probably discredit, who thinks very far ahead. It has to feel right to me and not be about a careful plot and plan.
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When President Trump got out of the Paris climate accords, we got 412 cities to say we will do it instead, because we're on the front line with our firefighters dealing with historic fires and floods.
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I won't be a perfect mayor, but I will be the mayor of a great city.
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I'm in what feels like a pretty transparent fishbowl as mayor. People see you at the market, people see you at the diner, people see you wherever you are, talk to you. You don't shave, they're taking selfies of you. You come back from your jog, they're talking to you.
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If you can speak Spanish, then you can have a stronger connection with the residents of Los Angeles.
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Homelessness is like public education - something that for far too long we haven't put the resources or love or attention to.
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I think our communication strategy has been very disciplined as being a back-to-basics mayor and about focusing on making City Hall work and jumpstarting our economy.
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When it comes to public safety, I listen to police chiefs and cops, not to a cable-news station.
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I agree with President Trump that we need good jobs in this country, but let's get to that business rather than the distractions of repealing Obamacare or raiding communities and taking otherwise law-abiding, contributing citizens away from their families.
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I've worked closely with presidents, especially with President Obama, and I realized that what good leaders do at the national level is no different than what we do at the local level.
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I have to spend my time worrying about poor families at the expense of helping businesses, or vice versa. To me, I really see that's the bridge I need to build.
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The cost of housing in L.A. has increased dramatically because more people want to live here. They come to Los Angeles every day, not just from around the United States but from around the world.
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L.A. is a great city to get lost in. The best thing to do is to drive in any direction, find a strip mall, and go from one store to the next. I guarantee you will see a collision of cultures you never imagined.
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You see as mayors and local officials our jobs are designed so we have more in common with our constituents than Washington politicians can ever have.
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It sure would be nice to have a Washington that was there for us, but most help has always been local and regional.
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I have a piano in my office, and sometimes during meetings, I'll sit down and goof on the keyboard a little bit.
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Cory Booker I've known since 1993. We used to be part of the L'Chaim Society at Oxford University together.
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There are two rules in politics. They say never ever be pictured with a drink in your hand, and never swear.
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If you want to cut crime, if you want to end homelessness, you have to deal with sexual violence, sexual harassment, and domestic violence.
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You don't have to be Latino to speak powerfully about how important it is to have a police department that cares for our immigrant communities.