Antonio Villaraigosa Community Quotations

We in Los Angeles, who have ourselves been helped to stand up - to recover and rebuild after a disaster - want to help the families and communities of the Gulf Coast,.

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

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

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,

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 actions, the LAPD is opening up itself to review by its peers in the law enforcement community and actively seeking to improve its own operations.