Where else in the world could a 4'11 Puerto Rican Jewish female with no family, no connections, no contacts, come to L.A.

And build the career that I think I built. I was an equity partner at two large international law firms.

I had a very successful practice. I made boatloads of money, all of which, not all of which, 90% of which I lost.

And rise to become the city attorney as a second career. I can't think of another place in the world where that could happen.

Where else can you go where you have the largest Korean diaspora outside of Korea,

the largest Armenian diaspora, okay?

The largest Latino diaspora.

I mean, you come here and the vibrancy of our people, of our neighborhoods, of our culture, the activity and the tolerance and the unity that our communities hold for one another, the few dozen haters are notwithstanding, is really the defining characteristic of this city.

Yo, welcome to another episode of In a Minute with Evan Lovett, coming to you live from the IM studios in the heart of Los Angeles.

And in Los Angeles, we have a very important position that sometimes goes under the

radar. City attorney. And I am here with Madame City Attorney, Heidi Feldstein Soto, who is here to tell us

about her inspirational origin story as well as her background, but also some important stuff

that she's working on right now. So this is a very, very important episode. And Madame Feldstein-Soto,

I am extremely glad you're here. Thank you for joining us. Thank you so much for having me.

It's my pleasure to be here with you. A sponsor of our show is Ardo Brick.

That is run by a gentleman named Armin, third generation L.A. American Dream Story.

Family comes from Armenia. He manufactures brick and tile down in Gardina.

And this isn't just any brick and tile. It's beautiful, made by hand, but it's historic landmark brick and tile. They fabricate for Alvara Street, for La Plaza de Cultura Artis, Mariachi Plaza, USC, so many more. But keep it manufacturing alive, employing nearly 100 people down in Gardena. What's the name of the? Ardo Brick. A-R-D-O.

A-T-O.

A-T-O.

Yeah.

And he's a great guy and he has great social media accounts. And he's really super, again, we're so appreciative of his sponsorship. And it's funny, I mentioned my wife's an interior designer. when he first reached out, we were first talking,

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