Eric Garcetti Quotes
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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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Mayors are really good at dealing with things practically.
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I'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish.
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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.
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I prioritize my daughter and my wife.
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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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Campaigns are these moments of suspended animation where people usually learn how to be friends afterward.
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I kind of believe that, whenever possible, you should finish the job that you set out to do.
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If I hear that Quito, Ecuador, is doing something to have a whole area of town that's zero emissions, and we're thinking about that in Los Angeles' downtown, I'm like, 'I better catch up.'
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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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My grandfather was an undocumented immigrant. My great-grandmother, my bisabuela, carried him over the border in her arms.
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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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I'm progressive, and I'm practical.
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I've always said we need to build resilience locally.
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There's no question we need more housing, and we have to fight for that throughout California.
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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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There are two Americas: Washington and the rest of us.
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I'm an average American. As I joke, I'm the average Mexican American Jewish Italian mayor of the most diverse city in the world.
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As Mayor, I have a responsibility to ensure city government is making life better for all Angelenos, especially those whose past hard work laid the foundation for the city we enjoy today. Whether someone is born here, or comes here for college, career, or retirement, I want L.A. to be a place that welcomes all generations.
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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 don't think you can lead a nation if you don't have a definition of the nation. We have to define, as Democrats, what a nation is and embrace the entire nation.
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The struggle of African Americans is everybody's struggle.
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I think everyone has the impression that L.A. is Hollywood and fast lives. That couldn't be further from the truth.
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I think it's really important to talk education, to talk infrastructure, to talk good jobs and the future of work.