Eric Garcetti Quotes
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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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Campaigns are these moments of suspended animation where people usually learn how to be friends afterward.
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Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.
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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 kind of believe that, whenever possible, you should finish the job that you set out to do.
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I prioritize my daughter and my wife.
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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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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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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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My grandfather was an undocumented immigrant. My great-grandmother, my bisabuela, carried him over the border in her arms.
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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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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'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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The struggle of African Americans is everybody's struggle.
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I'm progressive, and I'm practical.
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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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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 want to bring a European city or an east-coast city to the West Coast.
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There are two Americas: Washington and the rest of us.
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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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My main job and my overwhelming job starts with my family, my street, my neighborhood, and my city.
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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.