W.E. Community Spotlight note: Fiery speech in Las Vegas days ago gives indication that Eric Garcetti, the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles may still consider a bid for the White House in 2020. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/la-mayor-eric-garcetti-goes-on-the-attack-in-las-vegas-speech/.
Media notice courtesy of Riki Rafner of the Commonwealth Club
Media Advisory from
The Commonwealth Club
the nation’s premier public affairs forum
PRESS PLEASE RSVP TO rrafner@commonwealthblub.org BY WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3, 12 noon.
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SPEAKER: |
Eric Garcetti: Mayor of Los Angeles |
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti |
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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11:00 a.m. check-in, 12:00 p.m.program. |
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110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco |
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Members $20, Non-Members $30, Premium: (Includes priority seating) Members $35, Non-Members $45, Students $10 (with valid I.D.) To buy tickets call (415) 597-6705. Prices subject to change. |
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Riki Rafner, Director of Media and Public Relations, (415) 597-6712 Media interested in attending should please RSVP to rrafner@commonwealthclub.
Notes: Attendees subject to search |
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will share his thoughts on the future for his City, the State and the country in today’s divided America. As Election Day draws near, Garcetti maintains that Democrats must adjust their strategy to reach every American voter, not only their base.
As the 42nd Mayor of California's largest city, Garcetti is the chief executive of a government that serves 4 million people and also oversees the nation’s largest municipal utility, the nation’s largest sea port, and the nation’s busiest arrival and destination airport. Under his watch, Los Angeles has created a record number of jobs, and he has worked to grow immediate and future opportunity by leading and signing into law an increase of L.A.'s minimum wage to $15 by 2020; cutting L.A.'s business tax and making two years of community college free. He also led the nation's largest anti-homeless and affordable housing initiatives, and spearheaded the passage of the nation's largest local infrastructure plan -- the $120 billion Measure M.
Garcetti's government service began on the L.A. City Council, where he spent four terms as Council President before being elected Mayor in 2013 and re-elected in 2017 with a record-breaking 81 percent of the vote. He served as Chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Infrastructure Task Force and as co-Chair of the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, which organized 407 “Climate Mayors,” representing 70 million Americans, to commit to the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement after President Trump’s withdrawal from the accord. Garcetti is also the Advisory Council Chair of Accelerator for America, a non-profit that identifies and supports local initiatives that create opportunity so they can be replicated city-by-city, nationwide. He was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy reserve and is an avid jazz pianist and photographer. He earned his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees from Columbia University. He also studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and the London School of Economics and taught at Occidental College and USC.