Mayor Eric Garcetti heralds LA's progress, touts plan for homeless shelters
by Dakota Smith and Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times
Apr 17, 2018
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, fresh off a trip to Iowa to test the waters for a presidential run, delivered a state of the city address Monday that billed L.A. as a thriving, progressive metropolis that has hiked the minimum wage, snagged the Olympics, invested in its subway system and is tackling big issues such as climate change and gun violence.
"I want to say to anyone who wants to understand who Americans are: Don't look to D.C. - come to L.A.," Garcetti said, heralding "an era of growth and of change in L.A."
But the most pressing issue in Los Angeles, by far, is the tens of thousands of people bedding down
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