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Eric Garcetti

1971

American politician who served as the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 to 2022 and subsequently as U.S. Ambassador to India. A Rhodes Scholar and former professor of diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College, Garcetti has contributed to books on urban policy and governance. His political papers and associated publications are of interest to collectors of Los Angeles history and contemporary American politics.

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1. Biography

A short life of the author

Eric Garcetti (born 1971 in Los Angeles) is an American politician who served as Mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 to 2022, overseeing the city through periods of rapid growth, a homelessness crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. A Rhodes Scholar who studied at Oxford and the London School of Economics, he taught diplomacy at Occidental College before entering politics.

Garcetti’s published contributions are primarily in the form of policy papers, forewords to books on Los Angeles, and political commentary rather than standalone authored works. He served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 2023.

Collecting Garcetti

Garcetti has not published major standalone books. Material of collecting interest includes signed political ephemera, campaign materials, and official publications from his mayoral administration.

These are of interest primarily to collectors of Los Angeles political history and California governance documents.