Eric Garcetti

Garcetti to closely scrutinize DWP, fire, technology departments

2013-06-14 17:01:00

Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti on Friday called out three key areas of city operations that will get close scrutiny after he takes office July 1, saying each may need changes either in management or operations. Garcetti cited the Department of Water and...

L.A. Now Live: Garcetti hears from residents before taking office

2013-06-14 08:09:00

Mayor-elect�Eric Garcetti�is preaching a gospel of civic rebirth in appearances across Los Angeles while gently lowering expectations about how much City Hall, and he himself, can do to bring about change. Join us at 9 a.m. when we talk with Times...

Residents have Garcetti's ear before he takes office

2013-06-13 19:30:00

Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti is preaching a gospel of civic rebirth in appearances across Los Angeles while gently lowering expectations about how much City Hall, and he himself, can do to bring about change. In a city of 4 million, "I can't be everywhere,...

Group urges teachers' raises based on student achievement

2013-06-13 08:00:00

A local advocacy group is pushing for teachers' raises and bonuses based on whether instructors are willing to take on difficult assignments and on whether they deliver measurable student achievement gains. The proposals are part of two policy papers...

How money twists L.A.'s elections

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Often, by the end of an election, the weaknesses of the existing campaign finance laws have become evident, and the need to update them has been made clear by the ways those weaknesses have been exploited. That is certainly the case with Los Angeles' most...

L.A. mayoral runoff another low mark in voter turnout: 23.3%

2013-06-11 00:00:00

Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles' incoming mayor, won the office with fewer votes than any newly elected mayor since the 1930s, when the city population was less than half its current size, according to a Times analysis of final results. Garcetti's complete...

Newton: Can Garcetti calm the waters?

2013-06-10 00:00:00

After a campaign of smart politics but small ideas, Eric Garcetti is poised to take the office that he won last month. As he does, here's an item worthy of his agenda: Make peace with the Owens Valley. Residents of the Owens Valley rely heavily on Los...

Obama ribs Villaraigosa for his 'natural reticence, his shyness'

2013-06-07 14:15:00

President Obama jokingly praised Los Angeles' famously camera-friendly mayor about "his natural reticence, his shyness" at a local political fundraiser Friday. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who campaigned heavily for Obama's reelection, and his successor,...

Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti picks longtime advisor to run transition

2013-05-31 11:36:00

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti announced Friday that he has chosen one of his longtime advisors to serve as director of his transition team, helping him identify the hundreds of people who will work in his office and serve as political appointees....

Eric Garcetti names longtime advisor Rich Llewellyn to direct transition

2013-05-31 21:00:00

Los Angeles mayor-elect Eric Garcetti on Friday announced one of his longtime advisors will serve as director of his transition effort, helping him identify hundreds of people who will work in his office and serve as political appointees. Transition...

Letters: Dissecting the mayor's race

2013-05-30 00:00:00

Re "Greuel team lost control of message, insiders say," May 27 While I agree that Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel's mayoral campaign was wrought with missteps and mixed messages, I think The Times overlooks the fact that Mayor-elect Eric...

L. A. council votes to merge planning, building departments

2013-05-29 16:13:00

Los Angeles council members agreed Wednesday to draw up a transition plan to merge city departments dealing with planning and development into a single agency that would process building and business permits in a more timely and cost-efficient manner....

Kevin James endorses Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti in front of Van Nuys City Hall. The city councilman now has the backing of every major candidate who finished behind him and City Controller Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayoral primary.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Candidate in the Los Angeles City mayoral race, Councilman Eric Garcetti kisses his wife Amy Wakeland after they voted at Allesandro Elemantary School in Boyle Heights area Los Angeles, California.

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Councilman Eric Garcetti, candidate in the Los Angeles City mayoral race, speaks with patron of Jim's Burger as he visits business around Metro Gold Line's Mariachi Plaza Station during a campaign stop in Boyle Heights area Los Angeles, California.

2013-03-04 00:00:00