Eric Garcetti

Alcohol Delivery Sees Massive Spike Following "Safer at Home" Order in Los Angeles

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Monday, March 23, 2020
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LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Following California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's "Safer at Home" order, Saucey experienced an unprecedented number of users on their alcohol delivery platform on Thursday.

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  • LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Following California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's "Safer at Home" order, Saucey experienced an unprecedented number of users on their alcohol delivery platform on Thursday.
  • Since March 15, Saucey has seen ice cream sales spike by 500% and soft drinks by 150%.
  • Saucey is an alcohol e-commerce platform based out of Los Angeles, California, currently operating in various markets across the United States.
  • Founded in 2014, Saucey provides on-demand delivery of beer, wine, and spirits to customers via their mobile app and website.

AHF Blasts DWP, Mayor Garcetti for Service Delays at its Madison Hotel on Skid Row

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Friday, March 6, 2020
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PRESS TELECONFERENCE: AHF Blasts City, Mayor Garcetti for DWP service delays; will also address Madison Hotel tenants complaints

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  • PRESS TELECONFERENCE: AHF Blasts City, Mayor Garcetti for DWP service delays; will also address Madison Hotel tenants complaints
    The elevator has been out of commission in the 208 room, five-story hotel for at least the last nine months.
  • To date, only one or two tenants had taken up the offer of room change.
  • Healthy Housing Foundation In late 2017, AHF launched the Healthy Housing Foundation (HHF) to provide housing units at an affordable cost to extremely-low-income people, including families with children, and those previously unsheltered or homeless.
  • To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org , find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us @aidshealthcare .

WrestleMania® Goes Hollywood

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Monday, February 10, 2020
Entertainment, Sports, Film & Motion Pictures, TV and Radio, Celebrity, Wrestling, Events, Concerts, WWE, Professional wrestling, WrestleMania, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, Connecticut Republicans, SoFi Stadium, James T. Butts Jr., Eric Garcetti, Vince McMahon

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. and WWE (NYSE: WWE) are proud to announce that SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park in Los Angeles will host WWEs pop-culture extravaganza, WrestleMania, on Sunday, March 28, 2021.

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  • Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. and WWE (NYSE: WWE) are proud to announce that SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park in Los Angeles will host WWEs pop-culture extravaganza, WrestleMania, on Sunday, March 28, 2021.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200210005432/en/
    There is nothing quite like WrestleMania Week, said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
  • WrestleMania is one of the worlds most-watched events, and we are proud to welcome WWE to the Inglewood community, said Jason Gannon, Managing Director, SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park.
  • On behalf of everyone at WWE, we are excited to bring WrestleMania back to Los Angeles, said Vince McMahon, WWE Chairman & CEO.

HBCU Alum, Emmy® Award and Golden Globe® Nominated “black-ish” Actor and Producer Anthony Anderson to be honored at 2020 UNCF Los Angeles Mayor’s Masked Ball

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Monday, February 3, 2020
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UNCF (the United Negro College Fund) announced today that HBCU alumnus, Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominated actor and producer Anthony Anderson will be honored at the ninth annual UNCF Los Angeles Mayors Masked Ball.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Feb. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UNCF (the United Negro College Fund) announced today that HBCU alumnus, Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominated actor and producer Anthony Anderson will be honored at the ninth annual UNCF Los Angeles Mayors Masked Ball.
  • The event will be held on Friday, March 20, and will be hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
  • Leading up to the Mayors Masked Ball, the organization will be hosting UNCF Homecoming: An HBCU Experience, a VIP kick-off event on February 11, in Hollywood.
  • Said Masked Award Honoree, Anthony Anderson, Without my HBCU education, I would not have the opportunities I have today.

New Directors Representing LA, Inland Empire Join Metropolitan Board

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Utilities, Energy, Geography of California, California, Rancho Cucamonga, California, Fontana, California, Upland, California, Eric Garcetti, Inland Empire, Rancho Cucamonga station, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Cucamonga (former settlement), California, Fontana station, Los Angeles

Two new directors representing the city of Los Angeles and Inland Empire Utilities Agency were seated Tuesday on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

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  • Two new directors representing the city of Los Angeles and Inland Empire Utilities Agency were seated Tuesday on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
  • Heather Repenning, who specializes in public and environmental policy, represents the city of Los Angeles on Metropolitans 38-member board, after being nominated by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
  • Inland Empire water official Michael Camacho returns the board after serving as a Metropolitan director from March 2011 to February 2019.
  • Camacho was first elected to IEUAs Board of Directors in 2008 and represents Rancho Cucamonga and portions of Fontana.

California Philanthropists Richard and Melanie Lundquist Donate $5 Million to AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles

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Thursday, November 21, 2019
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Southern California philanthropists Richard and Melanie Lundquist have made a $5 million gift to AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles to advance ocean sustainability programs, announced as a surprise at a November 9 luncheon with AltaSea benefactors at the Lundquist home in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Southern California philanthropists Richard and Melanie Lundquist have made a $5 million gift to AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles to advance ocean sustainability programs, announced as a surprise at a November 9 luncheon with AltaSea benefactors at the Lundquist home in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.
  • When he showed me the plans on paper for AltaSea, he made them jump off the page.
  • 1 in the Port of Los Angeles, is scheduled for completion next year.
  • In February 2015, just before Aube's passing, AltaSea supporters and friends of Len including Richard and Melanie Lundquist along with elected officials including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, gathered at AltaSea to celebrate the dedication of the newly-named "Leonard Aube Way"the avenue approaching AltaSea.

NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm to Speak at Mayor Eric Garcetti’s LA Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2019

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Monday, November 18, 2019
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Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NorthStar Moving Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, is pleased to announce that NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm will be a lead speaker at LA Womens Entrepreneurship Day 2019 , hosted by Mayor Eric Garcettis Office of Economic Development on November 19th.

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  • Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NorthStar Moving Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, is pleased to announce that NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm will be a lead speaker at LA Womens Entrepreneurship Day 2019 , hosted by Mayor Eric Garcettis Office of Economic Development on November 19th.
  • Inrecognition of the significant impact women business owners have made on the Los Angeles economy, Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Council declared November 19, 2019 to be Women's Entrepreneurship Day in Los Angeles.
  • I am so honored and humbled to be asked by Mayor Garcetti to speak at Women's Entrepreneurship Day in Los Angeles, said NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm.
  • LA Women's Entrepreneurship Daywill also feature a business development resource expo and networking opportunities with various influential public and private officials and representatives.

Avis Budget Group Announces Role as Founding Partner of Urban Movement Labs, Driving Transportation Innovation in Los Angeles

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Thursday, November 14, 2019
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PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avis Budget Group announces today it is one of the founding partners behind Urban Movement Labs, a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership to accelerate transportation innovation launched by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

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  • PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avis Budget Group announces today it is one of the founding partners behind Urban Movement Labs, a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership to accelerate transportation innovation launched by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
  • This unprecedented venture will focus on developing, testing and rolling out innovative transit solutions and addressing core challenges around climate change, technology and workforce development in Los Angeles.
  • In addition to Avis Budget Group, the other founding partners behind the launch of this new initiative include Mayor Eric Garcettis Office of Economic Development, Lyft, Verizon, Waymo, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Los Angeles World Airports, the Port of Los Angeles, and the L.A. Cleantech Incubator (LACI).
  • Avis Budget Group has approximately 30,000 employees and is headquartered in Parsippany, N.J. More information is available at www.avisbudgetgroup.com .

Mutual of America Announces Recipients of 2019 Community Partnership Award

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Thursday, November 14, 2019
Eric Garcetti, Actors, California

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mutual of America announced the recipients of its 2019 Community Partnership Award , which annually honors the outstanding contributions that 10 nonprofit organizations, in partnership with public, private and other social sector organizations, make to society.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mutual of America announced the recipients of its 2019 Community Partnership Award , which annually honors the outstanding contributions that 10 nonprofit organizations, in partnership with public, private and other social sector organizations, make to society.
  • "Through the Community Partnership Award, Mutual of America is proud to recognize, support and help extend the reach of these vital organizations."
  • This year's recipient of the Thomas J. Moran Award, which is presented to the national award-winning program , is the Survivor Advocate Program.
  • Actress and activist Freida Pinto joined Mayor Garcetti in a Mutual of America-produced documentary about the program.

2019 Los Angeles-Chengdu Culture and Innovation Exchange Series Events Successfully Held

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Saturday, November 9, 2019
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NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The "2019 Los Angeles-Chengdu Culture and Innovation Exchange Series Events," featuring "Los Angeles and Chengdu, a Park City, Home of Giant Panda," was successfully held on November 6, 2019 in downtown Los Angeles.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The "2019 Los Angeles-Chengdu Culture and Innovation Exchange Series Events," featuring "Los Angeles and Chengdu, a Park City, Home of Giant Panda," was successfully held on November 6, 2019 in downtown Los Angeles.
  • The series of events included the "2019 Los Angeles - Chengdu Culture and Innovation Symposium" and the "Park City, Home of Giant Panda - 2019 Los Angeles - Chengdu Culture Gala Banquet."
  • Deputy Mayor Sangalang and Amanda Daflos, Chief Innovation Officer from the Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti also shared how innovative approaches to Los Angeles in business, culture and tourism development.
  • Taking innovation as a bridge, the events enhanced friendship, expanded pathways of communication and strengthened the understanding of the citizens of both Chengdu and Los Angeles.