109 Quotes by Eric Garcetti

I'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish.

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.

I won't be a perfect mayor, but I will be the mayor of a great city.

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.

When it comes to public safety, I listen to police chiefs and cops, not to a cable-news station.

I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy.

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.

I prioritize my daughter and my wife.

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.