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    'We Can't Leave Anybody Behind': Mayor Eric Garcetti On The Future Of Los Angeles

    Recently re-elected Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti discusses the future of the city, and its status as a "sanctuary city."
    Mar 20, 2017 4 minutes
    Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during a town hall on the Affordable Care Act National Day of Action on Feb. 22, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    Recently re-elected Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (@ericgarcetti, @MayorOfLA) joins Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss the future of the city, and its status as a “sanctuary city.”

    Interview Highlights

    On the impact of the Trump administration potentially freezing federal funding to “sanctuary cities”

    “We have about $500 million of our tax dollars that we send to Washington that come back to us. We’re a donor city — we give more to the nation than we receive back from our own income taxes and other federal taxes. That said, we feel on extremely strong

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