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We need a pro-worker trade approach that puts American jobs - not corporate profits - front and center.
Eric Garcetti
Approach
Corporate
Jobs
Puts
Trade
American
Front
Center
American Jobs
Profits
Need
Environment, homelessness, infrastructure and immigration - I'm very focused on all four, which are critical to the success of Los Angeles.
Eric Garcetti
Success
Immigration
Focused
Critical
Angeles
Environment
Los
Los Angeles
Very
Which
Infrastructure
Homelessness
Four
Cory Booker I've known since 1993. We used to be part of the L'Chaim Society at Oxford University together.
Eric Garcetti
Together
Society
Part
Since
Known
Oxford
Used
University
Pete Buttigieg is one of my closest friends as a mayor.
Eric Garcetti
Friends
Closest
Closest Friends
Mayor
I don't want to bring a European city or an east-coast city to the West Coast.
Eric Garcetti
City
West
West Coast
Want
Coast
European
Bring
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
Time
Phone
Spend
Email
Computer
Most
Any
Much
I think connected to poverty is the trauma of poverty. It's not just a material thing; it's a psychological thing that we have no mental health system in this country.
Eric Garcetti
Health
Mental Health
Poverty
Country
Think
System
Mental
Material
Just
Psychological
Connected
Trauma
Thing
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
Politics
You
Reality
Become
President
Presidential
Rules
TV
Classic
Could
Never
Look
Until
Dead
American
African-American
Dying
American Politics
Elections
Star
Last
Two
The White House is not where power comes from in this country. The cities and the local communities of this nation are prepared to save Washington - and not vice versa.
Eric Garcetti
Power
Country
Nation
Vice Versa
White
White House
Local
Cities
House
Versa
Where
Vice
Communities
Prepared
Washington
Save
I'm progressive, and I'm practical.
Eric Garcetti
Progressive
Practical
I've always said we need to build resilience locally.
Eric Garcetti
Build
Locally
Said
Always
Resilience
Need
Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.
Eric Garcetti
Local
Local Governments
Governments
Accountable
Mayors
Most people will be primarily getting into autonomous vehicles if we look 20, 30 years out. If we mandate that autonomous vehicles have to be electric, then we will move people into electric vehicles.
Eric Garcetti
People
Will
Out
Primarily
Vehicles
Look
Most
Years
Getting
Move
Mandate
Autonomous
Then
Electric
No sane person would run for president, right?
Eric Garcetti
President
Run
Would
Person
Sane
Right
I'm very much a California boy. I try to eat healthy and exercise.
Eric Garcetti
Try
Healthy
Eat
California
Exercise
Boy
Very
Much
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
You
Yourself
People
Immigration
Police
Believe
Our
Criminals
Signals
Immigration Laws
City
Laws
Federal
Police Department
Also
Protecting
Does
Lot
Department
Which
Sanctuary
Declaring
Then
Enforce
Means
I agree with President Trump that we need good jobs in this country, but let's get to that business rather than the distractions of repealing Obamacare or raiding communities and taking otherwise law-abiding, contributing citizens away from their families.
Eric Garcetti
Good
Business
Country
Good Jobs
President
Otherwise
President Trump
Jobs
Distractions
Citizens
Obamacare
Law-Abiding
Rather
Taking
Repealing
Trump
Families
Than
Contributing
Get
Communities
Agree
Away
Need
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.
Eric Garcetti
History
People
Amazing
First
Ways
Angeles
Part
Put
Know
Era
Los
Los Angeles
Were
Been
Modern
Modern Era
Where
Us
Many
Even
Map
Profitable
Olympics
I think everyone has the impression that L.A. is Hollywood and fast lives. That couldn't be further from the truth.
Eric Garcetti
Truth
Think
Everyone
Further
Impression
Hollywood
Fast
Lives
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
You
Peace
Tomorrow
Else
Our
Way
Something
Something Else
Finish
Knowing
Make
Always
Traffic
Dent
Going
Want
Turn
Momentum
Homelessness
Streets
I lived in Burma for a couple of summers in the '90s, working with the democratic resistance that had fled to the jungles.
Eric Garcetti
Summers
Had
Couple
Democratic
Burma
Working
Lived
Resistance
I have an incredible compass. You can put me back in a country I haven't been in 20 years and say, 'Get me from point A to point B,' and I'll take you there.
Eric Garcetti
Me
You
Country
Incredible
Back
Say
Point
Take
Put
Been
Years
Get
Compass
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.
Eric Garcetti
You
Money
Drop
Other
Hat
Pretty
Take
Economy
Middle
Skinny
Seat
Things
Save
Sleep
My wife and I are foster parents.
Eric Garcetti
Wife
Parents
Foster
If you can speak Spanish, then you can have a stronger connection with the residents of Los Angeles.
Eric Garcetti
You
Speak
Stronger
Angeles
Los
Los Angeles
Spanish
Then
Connection
Residents
Los Angeles has all the ingredients of success... but we need to start with our education system.
Eric Garcetti
Success
Education
Our
System
Angeles
Los
Los Angeles
Ingredients
Start
Need
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