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...

Great cities grow and prosper together, … But for far too long, neighborhoods in need all across Los Angeles have been left behind. My appointees to the CRA commission bring the breadth and depth of...

A champion for civil rights and social justice like him does not come around every day, … He wanted nothing less than what all Americans strive for a good job, safe neighborhoods, quality schools and...

Let me be clear – no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.

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...

Leadership is not about being afraid to lead or make mistakes, … the whole culture is about being safe and risk averse.

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...

Our community knows the difference between rhetoric and results. They know the difference between pandering and producing.

The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come… It’s an honor and a privilege. I was called and I’ve got to be here.

I think the people I met in the course of this campaign realize that those commercials frankly are not reflective of who I am, who I’ve been and how I’ll serve the city of Los...

We’re a community built for the Olympic Games. We have world-class sporting venues and we have a history of success,

It’s a deal they can’t refuse. Los Angeles makes the absolute best sense.

We come to work, we come for a better life, we come to participate in the American dream.

New Latino Nation.

Today we get to celebrate football in Los Angeles.

If you wave a flag, make it an American Flag

I’m unabashedly a progressive, but I’m not a knee-jerk, either,

There’s no doubt that Proposition 76 would have a devastating impact on public safety,

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,

My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in...

I think we need to do a much better job of creating new citizens, … Oftentimes new immigrants aren’t familiar with our democracy, and it’s important to nurture that democratic participation that’s so critical to...

These kids right here, they’re going to be mayors and governors and lawyers and artists and social workers and actors. And you’re going to reach for the stars, right? You’re going to follow your dreams,...

Des Moines, Iowa …

Look, I’m a grown-up, I know people do things out of self-interest and opportunism. I’m going to have to work with people who weren’t with me.

Hosting the Games would be not only great for Los Angeles and the nation, but also a world community that is searching for common ground,

A few years ago, when (tourists) came to Hollywood, they were frankly a little let down because it didn’t seem like that shining emerald of a place that they knew from afar.

I want to thank you all for supporting the Dodgers, [and] for supporting Los Angeles, … the best fans in the world.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

Hispanic Heritage Month gives us a significant opportunity to celebrate the culture and contributions of Hispanics to the city of Los Angeles. I’m so proud to be a part of a city that thrives on...

It just wasn’t our night tonight.

Stem cell research will be the key to unlocking the mysteries of illnesses that have afflicted our friends and families for generations, … We need Washington to stop playing politics that could impact California’s efforts...

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.

We’re smoothing over Los Angeles one pothole at a time,

Chief Bratton and I are committed to providing a police department that’s transparent, accountable and inclusive, … The days of closed-door internal investigations that do little to advance the public’s confidence are over. With today’s...

The events around Hurricane Katrina, the images, showed America a very dark underbelly of race and class, and all of us should be concerned by what we saw there, … But in many ways, what...

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...

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,

I stand ready, willing, able and excited about bidding for the 2016 Games,

What a great actor and what a committed human being, … For years, he’s used his fame for the purpose of developing new talent and providing positive role models for Latinos.

I think what we want to do is make sure that the people who are buying handguns have a clean record and at a minimum aren’t people who have been convicted of criminal activity in...

troubling because they confirm that the outage was the result of multiple errors and a lack of communication.

The fact that this happened the day after September 11 (caused) a heightened sense of concern, … I am here to assure you that our city is prepared to handle these situations. In fact power...

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...

I had nothing in my resume to prepare me for this.