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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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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Mayors in any city are pretty non-partisan people where it's problem solvers.
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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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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 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 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 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 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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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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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.
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Latinos are not monochromatic. You know, they trace their ancestry back to South America, to Central America, to Mexico, like in my family, and the Caribbean. And it's - we're a very diverse group. And we care about a lot more than just immigration, though we're passionate about having sensible immigration policies that don't go after our families.
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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 won't be a perfect mayor, but I will be the mayor of a great city.
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I'll never stop listening to police officers over politicians.
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If a sanctuary city means that our police department does not enforce federal immigration laws, then we are one. But declaring yourself a 'sanctuary city' also signals to a lot of people that you are protecting hard-core criminals, which I don't, and I don't believe in.
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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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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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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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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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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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Los Angeles is the strongest defender of immigrants perhaps of any city in this country.
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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.