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...Angeles City Council president, Eric Garcetti, however, thinks that Bratton's legacy will keep things in check. "Over half of the police officers in the department were hired while he was chief," says Garcetti. "So they've come up and come aboard with Bill Bratton as a chief that expects results in terms of crime fighting and also accountability in terms of community. His victories were never about one person...
...Garcetti spearheaded the creation of an affordable housing trust fund of $180 million and directed a campaign to allocate $500 million to repair the city’s storm water system, which had been contaminating city beaches and rivers...
...Garcetti praised Kennedy’s ideals. “With his vision of a New Frontier, President Kennedy began to replace America’s fear with hope,” he said. After the speech, Garcetti said “a family that very much believed in the ethic of public service” inspired him to serve the community...
...Garcetti and Leu were each presented with a navigational compass in a box inscribed with an excerpt from John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech...
Young people should be taught that a “basic requirement of being an American is giving back to your country,” Garcetti said...