Tuesday, January 29, 2019

LA's Tech Savvy Mayor, Eric Garcetti, Will Not Run For President

Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles and a big supporter of the Greater Los Angeles area's rise to prominence in the technology startup world, announced on Tuesday evening that he will not be running for President in 2020. Garcetti has been a regularly seen at local technology conferences promoting the growth of "Silicon Beach" and the rest of the LA technology ecosystem. Garcetti launched a nonprofit in 2017 to use the success seen in the City of Los Angeles with technology startups to the rest of the nation, as he began considering his run for President..