Eric Garcetti Quotes
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I won't let anybody, even the most powerful person in this country, trample our values or our Constitution. And no matter who's in the White House, I am incredibly vigilant about that and will continue to fight that fight.
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The problem with the Democratic Party is, we're like, 'If we just get another presidential candidate in there, everything will be OK.' We should be focusing on school boards, city council races, state legislatures.
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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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The travel that I've spent around the country, I always come back with ideas for L.A. and vice versa: My experiences in L.A. give me an immediacy to issues that sometimes people in Washington think about but aren't experiencing every day.
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Aggressive government spending during the Great Recession was absolutely necessary.
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We need to make sure teachers are in schools and that children have teachers.
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I prioritize my daughter and my wife.
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I always say, as a leader, you've got to know when to get out of the way.
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The idea of red-washing or blue-washing an entire county because a few more people vote one way or the other does a disservice to the people who live there.
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It is the responsibility, I think, of anybody in elected office to look for opportunities to help serve their people.
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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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In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.
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Cities are those laboratories of democracy that states used to be.
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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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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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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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People will give you the responsibility, even the authority, to go after the big things, the visionary things, the reaching for incredible opportunities, if they trust that you're running a city well. And if you don't run a city well, conversely, you can't do the big things.
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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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I am a passionate, committed composer, and the guy I used to write musicals with, once he was able to ditch me and get a better composer, actually won the Tony.
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I think poverty is the biggest challenge for Los Angeles and for many of our cities that have come back from the recession.
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My main job and my overwhelming job starts with my family, my street, my neighborhood, and my city.
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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'm the grandson of immigrants who came across rivers and oceans to get here, some without documentation.
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I'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish.