Eric Garcetti Quotes
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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 always thought Grover Cleveland was from Cleveland.
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I want to turn momentum on traffic. I want to make in a dent in homelessness on the way to eradicating it on our streets. But there's always something else to do tomorrow. And you have to be at peace knowing you're not going to finish it all.
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Don't run for mayor if you don't want to basically be working all the time.
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We need a pro-worker trade approach that puts American jobs - not corporate profits - front and center.
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I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy.
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I want to be high-profile with the average Angeleno. I want to be out there holding office hours on a curb in Boyle Heights.
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Aggressive government spending during the Great Recession was absolutely necessary.
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Environment, homelessness, infrastructure and immigration - I'm very focused on all four, which are critical to the success of Los Angeles.
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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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I'm pretty skinny, and I can sleep at the drop of a hat. So, take that middle seat in economy and save the money for other things you can do.
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As mayor, I've traveled to China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and Mexico to meet with heads of state and business leaders to promote trade with L.A. companies and through L.A.'s seaports and airports - because that generates L.A. jobs.
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Withdrawing federal funds to prevent radiological or biological terrorist attack - that doesn't just hurt Los Angeles: that hurts America.
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I have an incredible compass. You can put me back in a country I haven't been in 20 years and say, 'Get me from point A to point B,' and I'll take you there.
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I think it is time for a radical federalism in this country, where people trust innovation coming from the local level and ramp that up.
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Los Angeles has all the ingredients of success... but we need to start with our education system.
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In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.
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I'm very much a California boy. I try to eat healthy and exercise.
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I don't want to bring a European city or an east-coast city to the West Coast.
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We need to make sure teachers are in schools and that children have teachers.
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Think about Kennedy. Think about Carter. Think about Clinton. Think about Obama. They've all been in their forties and from outside Washington, or underdogs in one way or another. I just think that Americans are looking everywhere, saying, 'Hey, show me some authenticity. Show me somebody who's practical. Show me people who run things.'
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We're looking to rebrand L.A. Not in some sort of radical way, but we've forgotten to sell this city, internationally and nationally... it's important for us to say who we are.
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The classic rules of American politics are dying, if not dead, if you look at the last two presidential elections. An African-American could never be president until one was; a TV reality star couldn't become president until one was.
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The fact is, there are far more customers for American products outside of the U.S. than there are here at home. With open markets and a level playing field, American workers can out-compete workers anywhere in the world.