Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Attorney Mike Feuer, City Controller Ron Galperin and eight members of the City Council ­– including Mitch O’Farrell, 13th District, and Paul Koretz, 5th District, were inaugurated at City Hall on July 2.

Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, 7th District, was the only newly elected official.

Garcetti was sworn in by his mother, Sukey Garcetti. His wife Amy Elaine Wakeland and daughter Maya looked on.
(photo courtesy of the mayor’s office)

“We know… the future is already here,” Garcetti said during his inaugural address. “We must decide whether our whole city will own its share of that future, or whether we will watch it pass us by while our greater number watches from behind a glass. We decide here, now, and walking forward, whether that future will be offered to one in a million with a lottery ticket, or whether every child growing up here will know it is her birthright. We must connect. We must succeed – at sustaining middle-class jobs, at strengthening education, at protecting our environment while growing our economy – because right now, it’s on us to show the way forward.”

During his first term, Garcetti led the campaigns to pass Measure M and Proposition HHH – aimed at bolstering the city’s housing for homeless and infrastructure – raised the minimum wage to $15 and helped lead the city’s ongoing bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Garcetti’s priorities in his second term will include working to end homelessness and the city’s affordable housing crisis, according to a news release from the mayor’s office.

The inauguration program celebrated Los Angeles with L.A.-centric performances by Boyle Heights native George Takei; KCRW’s Jason Bentley; singer Angel Joy Blue; UCLA’s Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute Ensemble; and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.