Garcetti applauded the new Achieve LA partnership and Cal State LA’s success in transforming students’ lives.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks playing the bongo on stage at 2016 Taste of Soul!
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Mike Davis to the Board of Public Works and Jackie Dupont-Walker to MTA Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced two key appointments of African Americans to the influential Board of Public Works and the powerful Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Garcetti selected former Assemblymember Mike Davis as a commissioner to the Board of Public Works and “Jackie” Dupont-Walker to the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority. “I want to make sure we’re careful and strategic with our transportation dollars. That’s the only way we’re going to make a real difference in the traffic congestion that
Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti’s two-year campaign to become the next mayor became reality Tuesday when he defeated Controller Wendy Greuel in the most expensive race in city history. Greuel was denied the opportunity to be the first woman elected Mayor in the City of Los Angeles. As neither candidate clearly distinguished the differences they had in policy making, the election hinged on the voter turnout and the African American vote, but ultimately the deciding factor was the swing Republican or conservative voters who rallied behind Garcetti after the endorsement of primary Republican opponent Kevin James. As the
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced historic funding of more than $35 million in funding today, May 17, through President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda to continue reclaiming and restoring orphaned oil and gas wells in California, including many wells in Los Angeles.
We say loudly and resoundingly that it is time for Chief Moore to go. For three years, Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles has been advocating for the removal of Chief Michel Moore. Karen Bass can chart a new course by allowing him to close out his current term and choosing a different path forward.
President Joe Biden still wants former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as his ambassador to India.
On Sunday, Dec. 12, Karen Bass was sworn in as Los Angeles’ first Black woman and second Black mayor.