Eric Garcetti Quotes
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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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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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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 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'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish.
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The questions that consume me, that keep me up at night, are the people that are sleeping on the streets.
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Mayors are really good at dealing with things practically.
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Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.
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I'm progressive, and I'm practical.
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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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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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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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My wife and I are foster parents.
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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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The struggle of African Americans is everybody's struggle.
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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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I think it's really important to talk education, to talk infrastructure, to talk good jobs and the future of work.
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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 Olympics have been an amazing part of Los Angeles' history. In many ways in 1932, they put us on the map when people didn't even know where Los Angeles was. In 1984, they were the first profitable Olympics of the modern era.
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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 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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I've always said we need to build resilience locally.
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In presidential elections, I think people focus way too much on ideology.