Amid a crisis, Mayor Garcetti talks to LA each night about distancing, masks and love
LOS ANGELES - It was the first day of April and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was on live television once again, standing before a single camera in a nearly empty City Hall.
Over the previous 2 1/2 weeks, the 49-year-old mayor had cheered viewers on for staying home, scolded them for crowding beaches and trails, and admonished them to stop hoarding food and other supplies.
On this particular evening, he was trying to accomplish a more complicated task: Get Angelenos comfortable with the idea of wearing cloth face masks.
"We're gonna have to get used to, you know, seeing each other like this," said the mayor, fumbling to get the mask to go where it was supposed to.
Then, mask fully on, he declared: "This will be the
