Setting the tone for his City Hall tenure, Eric Garcetti said he will make job creation one of his top priorities in his first 100 days.
Garcetti, who takes the ceremonial oath of office tonight at a gala in downtown Los Angeles, said all departments will be directed to concentrate on job creation and efficiencies.
“I will focus all of City Hall on jobs and will make sure every department is aggressive about the role it plays,” Garcetti wrote in an email to the Daily News as he was vacationing with his family in Belize last week.
While Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa outlined big visions in his 2005 inaugural speech, telling Angelenos: “Dream with me,” Garcetti is entering office with narrower focus as he takes over a city with unemployment hovering at around 10 percent.
Since winning the election four weeks ago, Garcetti has been meeting with policy experts, business leaders, and residents to explore ways to boost the city’s economy, he said. He has also been setting up his own office, hiring his council chief of staff Ana Guerrero to fill that same role in the mayor’s office.
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