Recode Decode: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Eric Garcetti, the twice-elected mayor of Los Angeles, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about politics in the city and California — and why he's thinking about running for President in 2020. In this episode: (01:35) Garcetti's background; (05:09) Why he ran for mayor; (07:10) The challenges faced by cities like Los Angeles; (09:21) Homelessness, housing and transportation; (13:47) Jobs, education and cities as the “laboratories of democracy”; (16:05) What Garcetti has done wrong; (19:02) California's privacy bill and its cultural identity; (24:19) Is California competing with China for the future of tech?; (26:23) The Boring Company, Uber Elevate and manufacturing jobs; (29:36) Techlash and "interpreters" between tech and government; (34:23) "Thinking hard" about running for president; (37:49) Why Garcetti would run; (40:12) "No sane person would run for president"; (42:50) How do you defeat Trump?; (45:40) The crisis in the Democratic Party and midterms predictions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-at-large of Recode.
0:49.0	You may know me as someone who would never Lizman Los Angeles too much competition from other people wearing sunglasses all the time.
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0:59.0	Today in the red chair is Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles, which I love.
1:03.0	I actually love Los Angeles. I was driving around today and thinking that.
1:06.0	He was first elected to the post in 2013 and was reelected last year.
1:09.0	We're going to talk about the state of local politics, the tech scene in LA, and much more.
1:13.0	Eric, welcome to Recode decode. I'm Mr. Mayor, right?
1:15.0	No, Eric, please.
1:16.0	Is that okay?
1:17.0	Mayor Eric?
1:18.0	As it's my daughter, that's just a title for a little bit. I'm your daddy.
1:20.0	It's a good title.
1:21.0	It's a good title.
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