Eric Garcetti Quotes
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People elect me to make sure the chief of police is the right chief of police. They elect me to make sure I have the right person running the airport.
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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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Cities are those laboratories of democracy that states used to be.
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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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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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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 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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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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I'd hate to see new housing building accelerating while taking down buildings where there's 50 people living in rent-stabilized apartments.
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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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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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Don't run for mayor if you don't want to basically be working all the time.
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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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Aggressive government spending during the Great Recession was absolutely necessary.
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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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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 don't want to bring a European city or an east-coast city to the West Coast.
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I'm very much a California boy. I try to eat healthy and exercise.
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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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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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I think, for me, the biggest issue is poverty in general, poverty in this time of plenty. It's reflected in homelessness. It's reflected in educational gaps. It's reflected in racial disparities.
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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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In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.