Author Profile
Eric Garcetti
1971 • Algerian • Politician
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Showing 60 quotesI'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.— Eric Garcetti
In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.— Eric Garcetti
The travel that I've spent around the country, I always come back with ideas for L.A. and vice versa: My experiences in L.A. give me an immediacy to issues that sometimes people in Washington think about but aren't experiencing every day.— Eric Garcetti
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.— Eric Garcetti
I'm the grandson of immigrants who came across rivers and oceans to get here, some without documentation.— Eric Garcetti
You don't have to be Latino to speak powerfully about how important it is to have a police department that cares for our immigrant communities.— Eric Garcetti
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.'— Eric Garcetti
It sure would be nice to have a Washington that was there for us, but most help has always been local and regional.— Eric Garcetti
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.— Eric Garcetti
I think, for me, the biggest issue is poverty in general, poverty in this time of plenty. It's reflected in homelessness. It's reflected in educational gaps. It's reflected in racial disparities.— Eric Garcetti
I don't spend much time on the computer at all, so I do most of my email on my phone if I do any at all.— Eric Garcetti
The cost of housing in L.A. has increased dramatically because more people want to live here. They come to Los Angeles every day, not just from around the United States but from around the world.— Eric Garcetti
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