Barack Obama
Endorses Mayor Eric Garcetti for Re-election in L.A.
by Adelle Nazarian 8 Feb 2017
Former President Barack
Obama has emerged from semi-retirement to endorse Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for a second
term.
“I strongly endorse Eric Garcetti for a second term as
mayor of Los Angeles,” Obama said in a written statement released Tuesday by
the mayor’s re-election campaign, according
to local CBS affiliate in Los Angeles.
“As mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti has delivered by
raising the minimum wage, creating jobs and expanding economic opportunity.” He
added, “Eric led the campaign to pass the largest transportation infrastructure
measure in our nation’s history. Eric is my friend, a loyal ally and a great
and visionary mayor of Los Angeles.”
Garcetti thanked Obama for his endorsement, reportedly
saying, “Thank you, President Obama, for your service to this country. Thank
you for your support of me in this campaign and thank you for setting the bar
for what public service is about for all of us.”
Local primary elections will take place across Los
Angeles County on March 7. Garcetti is on the ballot, along with 10 of his
other challengers. In addition to the mayoral race, eight city council seats,
city attorney, and city controller seats are up for election. According
to Ballotpedia, City Attorney Mike Feuer, City Controller Ron
Galperin, and District 3 Councilman Bob Blumenfield are running for re-election
unopposed.
While the mayor’s race is a crowded field, Garcetti seems
to face only one slight challenge from Mitchell Schwartz, who directed Obama’s
2008 presidential campaign in California and served as communications
director for the State Department under President Bill Clinton.
Last month, Joe Biden attended a
fundraiser in Beverly Hills to support Garcetti’s reelection
campaign.
Garcetti has also been raising campaign funds outside of
California, in Washington, D.C. and New York. In January, he held
three fundraising events before and after an official three-day U.S. Conference
of Mayors meeting held in
Washington, D.C.
He was expected to raise approximately $100,000
during that trip.
According
to Southern California Public Radio, Garcetti’s campaign raised
nearly $2.8 million by the end of 2016 compared to Schwartz, who has raised
about $336,000 thus far.
Eric Garcetti
Eric Garcetti is
the Los Angeles California mayor,
and a trustee at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Note: Antonio R.
Villaraigosa was a Los Angeles
California mayor, and a president for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Linda M. Griego was
a Los Angeles California deputy
mayor, and is a director at CBS.
Jeffrey Soros is
the president emeritus for the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and George
Soros’s nephew.
George
Soros is Jeffrey Soros’s uncle, a
friend of Michael Douglas, and Gavin Newsom was invited to his 2013
wedding reception.
Gavin
Newsom was invited to George Soros’s
2013 wedding reception, and is the lieutenant governor for the California state government.
California
state government is the government for the State of California.
CA
congressional delegation is a delegation for the State of
California.
Ellen O. Tauscher
was a house member for the CA
congressional delegation, and is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas
is a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United States in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Jeffrey
Soros’s uncle, a friend of Michael
Douglas, Gavin Newsom was
invited to his 2013 wedding reception, and the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
Michael H. Jordan
was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
the chairman & CEO for CBS.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past
Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Richard M. Daley
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and was the president of the U.S.
Conference of Mayors.
Kathleen L. Brown
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and married to Van Gordon
Sauter.
Van Gordon Sauter
is married to Kathleen L. Brown, and
was the president of CBS.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and was a director at CBS.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and the president for the Barack
Obama administration.
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