I want to turn momentum on traffic. I want to make in a dent in homelessness on the way to eradicating it on our streets, but there's always something else to do tomorrow. And you have to be at peace knowing you're not going to finish it all. Eric Garcetti More Quotes by Eric Garcetti More Quotes From Eric Garcetti I think it's really important to talk education, to talk infrastructure, to talk good jobs and the future of work. Eric Garcetti good future education work Mayors are really good at dealing with things practically. Eric Garcetti dealing really things good I'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish. Eric Garcetti american name last italian 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. Eric Garcetti than good different president 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. Eric Garcetti back you talking people I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy. Eric Garcetti great think perspective democracy I prioritize my daughter and my wife. Eric Garcetti prioritize wife daughter The fact is, there are far more customers for American products outside of the U.S. than there are here at home. With open markets and a level playing field, American workers can out-compete workers anywhere in the world. Eric Garcetti american more home world 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. Eric Garcetti meet china trade business We need a pro-worker trade approach that puts American jobs - not corporate profits - front and center. Eric Garcetti american need trade approach Environment, homelessness, infrastructure and immigration - I'm very focused on all four, which are critical to the success of Los Angeles. Eric Garcetti focused immigration four success In presidential elections, I think people focus way too much on ideology. Eric Garcetti think focus people way Cory Booker I've known since 1993. We used to be part of the L'Chaim Society at Oxford University together. Eric Garcetti university used society together Pete Buttigieg is one of my closest friends as a mayor. Eric Garcetti mayor closest-friends closest friends I am a passionate, committed composer, and the guy I used to write musicals with, once he was able to ditch me and get a better composer, actually won the Tony. Eric Garcetti i-am better me guy On my mom's side, the Jewish side of the family, I come from a family of musicians who are pianists, so I've always loved cultural expression. Eric Garcetti musicians loved family mom People will give you the responsibility, even the authority, to go after the big things, the visionary things, the reaching for incredible opportunities, if they trust that you're running a city well. And if you don't run a city well, conversely, you can't do the big things. Eric Garcetti city you trust people
