Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Ramón Villaraigosais an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California. Prior to being elected Mayor, he was a member of the California State Assembly, the Democratic leader of the Assembly, and the Speaker of the California State Assembly. After being termed out of the State Assembly, he was elected to the Los Angeles City Counciland served until he was elected Mayor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 January 1953
CityCity Terrace, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I stand ready, willing, able and excited about bidding for the 2016 Games,
There's no doubt that Proposition 76 would have a devastating impact on public safety,
Literacy is crucial to creating job opportunities, supporting workers and their families and eradicating poverty in our region, ... Literacy must start in homes and classrooms by giving the children of Los Angeles the best education possible to enable them to pursue their goals and become engaged citizens. I am committed to assembling the resources needed to build the skills of our workers and our children.
I'm here not just for the unions, I'm here for the working families, for the children in this state who understand workers need a voice,
has worked to relieve traffic congestion, reduce the impact of development on city streets and ensure the safety of the millions of drivers who commute on Los Angeles streets.
troubling because they confirm that the outage was the result of multiple errors and a lack of communication.
Leadership is not about being afraid to lead or make mistakes, ... the whole culture is about being safe and risk averse.
Many of these jobs are quality, middle-class jobs, ... The film industry is pivotal to the city's economy. ... In fact, the average scripted features -- television and commercial productions -- have a direct production-related economic impact of $150,000 to $250,000 each day they're in production.
Today we say to America - we've come here to work. We clean your toilets. We clean your hotels. We build your houses. We take care of your children. We want you to help us take care of our children as well.
We come to work, we come for a better life, we come to participate in the American dream.
Because we believe that you got to build the economy from middle out and not from the top down.
The reality is when you have a disaster of that proportion, you need the federal government, ... I think the question is, is the federal government prepared to provide the resources that we need? I think that, clearly, by what we've seen in Louisiana, the jury's out.
For Los Angeles, it's an opportunity for us to showcase that you can come from every corner of the earth and live together in harmony and peace and make it in America,
It's going to be a very close election. You won't hear me talk about how we have it in the bag. I think turnout is going to be the key, and I expect turnout is going to be great.