Eric Garcetti
Latest Stories
los_angeles_mayor_22180.jpg
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti salutes as he is sworn in for his second term at Los Angeles City Hall Saturday, July 1, 2017. Garcetti said Los Angeles will take the lead on policies involving the environment, immigration and economic growth during a time when the nation's leaders shrink from progressive values such as freedom, leadership, bold plans and accomplishments. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
los_angeles_mayor_38588.jpg
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and his wife, Amy Elaine Wakeland, are cheered as they walk down before Garcetti is sworn in for his second term at Los Angeles City Hall Saturday, July 1, 2017. Garcetti took the oath of office Saturday for his second term, vowing to take a stand on the environment, immigration and economic growth during a divided time in the country. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
mayors_meeting_immigration_42410.jpg
FILE- In this March 8, 2017, file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks to media after his election victory in Los Angeles. More than 250 mayors are meeting at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami Beach, some warning President Donald Trump that toughening immigration enforcement meddles with U.S. cities’ affairs. “Some of us are proud to be places of sanctuary, to protect immigrants, but this idea that we’re in violation of something, I think is a big charade,” said Garcetti. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
los_angeles_mayor_10324.jpg
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks to media after his election victory in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Garcetti won a second term Tuesday in a walkaway election, but his real victory came in beating back a ballot measure that would have placed restrictions on major developments that he sees as part of the answer to the city's notorious gridlock and smog.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)
los_angeles_mayor_08404.jpg
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks to the media in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Garcetti won a second term Tuesday in a walkaway election, but his real victory came in beating back a ballot measure that would have placed restrictions on major developments that he sees as part of the answer to the city's notorious gridlock and smog.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)
los_angeles_mayor_65350.jpg
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti votes along with his daughter Maya in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Garcetti is looking for a return trip to City Hall and faces 10 little-known challengers. The 46-year-old Democrat is often mentioned as a likely candidate for higher office, and the outcome could provide a springboard for future campaigns or raise doubts about the depth of his appeal. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
los_angeles_mayor_12737.jpg
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti casts his election ballot with his daughter Maya in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Garcetti is looking for a return trip to City Hall and faces 10 little-known challengers. The 46-year-old Democrat is often mentioned as a likely candidate for higher office, and the outcome could provide a springboard for future campaigns or raise doubts about the depth of his appeal. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
los_angeles_mayor_64893.jpg
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, Mayor Eric Garcetti looks at the proposed "Regional Connector Transit Project" plan during a federal grant signing ceremony in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, Los Angeles voters are picking a mayor and could slap restrictions on development in the midst of a building boom. Mayor Eric Garcetti appears on track to earn a return trip Tuesday to City Hall after a low-key campaign against 10 little-known challengers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
los_angeles_mayor_82357.jpg
FILE - In this March 2, 2015 file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at a news conference in his City Hall office. On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, Los Angeles voters are picking a mayor and could slap restrictions on development in the midst of a building boom. Mayor Eric Garcetti appears on track to earn a return trip Tuesday to City Hall after a low-key campaign against 10 little-known challengers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
worlds_shortest_railroad_14582.jpg
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at news conference standing in front of the Angels Flight railway in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The tiny funicular that hauled people 298 feet up and down the city's steep Bunker Hill was shut down in 2013 after a series of safety problems. Garcetti said those issues are being resolved and the railroad's antique wooden cars should be back in service by Labor Day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
los_angeles_mayor_97939.jpg
FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2016, file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti stands inside a section of a tunnel boring machine before workers lower it into a 45-foot deep pit, during a ceremonial naming and lowering for the Regional Connector Transit Project in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. Garcetti's toughest competitor in his campaign for a second term might not be another candidate. The mayor shares the ballot with a proposal intended to restrict large real estate projects that challenges his vision for building thousands of new apartments clustered around train stations. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
los_angeles_mayor_60129.jpg
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles. Garcetti's toughest competitor in his campaign for a second term might not be another candidate. He's sharing the ballot next month with a proposal intended to restrict towering, luxury real estate projects that directly challenges his vision for a taller, less car-centric Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
los_angeles_mayor_82022.jpg
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo, Los Angels Mayor Eric Garcetti, right, talks to passengers aboard a Metro Red Line train that he boarded at the Universal City Red Line station in Los Angeles. Garcetti's toughest competitor in his campaign for a second term might not be another candidate. The mayor shares the ballot with a proposal intended to restrict large real estate projects that challenges his vision for building thousands of new apartments clustered around train stations. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
los_angeles_2024_olympics_80217.jpg
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Olympic planners competing for the 2024 Games promised Thursday, Feb. 2, to help restore credibility and stability to international sports festival as the world enters an era of uncertainty. In documents submitted to the International Olympic Committee, the privately run group known as LA2024 said it had crafted a "no surprises" plan that will closely watch the financial bottom line. Garcetti said earlier this week that he's confident the IOC will evaluate the bid on its merits. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
george_lucas_museum_59180.jpg
FILE - In this July 28, 2016 file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. For nearly a decade, George Lucas has been trying to build a museum for his extensive personal art collection.Los Angeles has offered Lucas a site in Exposition Park, near a science museum, natural history museum, the African American museum and the University of Southern California, where he went to film school. Garcetti calls the museum "the largest civic gift in American history." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
7c15e7e26ee5a41e7b0f6a706700dcc9.jpg
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, right, speaks as Police Chief Charlie Beck listens at left at a news conference to discuss mid year crime statistics in Los Angeles Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Crime has increased 13 percent in Los Angeles in the first six months of the year, ending more than a decade of declines in the nation’s second-largest city, according to statistics released by the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday. Garcetti said “this is bad news” but that Los Angeles remains one of the safest large cities in the U.S. Beck partially attributed the crime spike to increases in homelessness, gang crime and domestic violence.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)
5d4eb3a5068c8912530f6a7067009f0b.jpg
President Barack Obama meets with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, as he arrives in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 7, 2014, for a series of fundraisers during his visit to Southern California. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
dae4e956f100890e510f6a706700996a.jpg
Jay-Z, also known as Shawn Carter, left and Mayor Eric Garcetti clasp hands as they announce the Made in America Festival from the steps of City Hall on April 16, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
