Eric Garcetti Quotes

I'm in what feels like a pretty transparent fishbowl as mayor. People see you at the market, people see you at the diner, people see you wherever you are, talk to you. You don't shave, they're taking selfies of you. You come back from your jog, they're talking to you.
I'm not one of those politicians, to my probably discredit, who thinks very far ahead. It has to feel right to me and not be about a careful plot and plan.
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.
I'm progressive, and I'm practical.
I'm the grandson of immigrants who came across rivers and oceans to get here, some without documentation.
I'm very much a California boy. I try to eat healthy and exercise.
I've always said we need to build resilience locally.
I've worked closely with presidents, especially with President Obama, and I realized that what good leaders do at the national level is no different than what we do at the local level.
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.
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.'
If you can speak Spanish, then you can have a stronger connection with the residents of Los Angeles.
If you want to cut crime, if you want to end homelessness, you have to deal with sexual violence, sexual harassment, and domestic violence.
In presidential elections, I think people focus way too much on ideology.
In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.
It is the responsibility, I think, of anybody in elected office to look for opportunities to help serve their people.
It sure would be nice to have a Washington that was there for us, but most help has always been local and regional.
L.A. is a great city to get lost in. The best thing to do is to drive in any direction, find a strip mall, and go from one store to the next. I guarantee you will see a collision of cultures you never imagined.
Latinos are not monochromatic. You know, they trace their ancestry back to South America, to Central America, to Mexico, like in my family, and the Caribbean. And it's - we're a very diverse group. And we care about a lot more than just immigration, though we're passionate about having sensible immigration policies that don't go after our families.
Los Angeles has all the ingredients of success... but we need to start with our education system.
Los Angeles is the strongest defender of immigrants perhaps of any city in this country.
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