Adam West Tribute at LA City Hall

The City of Los Angeles gave tribute to the Batman, Adam West, last night.
Mayor Garcetti and Chief Beck lit the Bat signal against city hall, as thousands of Angelenos watched as it glow against city hall.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2017

LA does it right.

Eric Garcetti Re-Elected as Los Angeles Mayor

The people of Los Angeles re-elected Eric Garcetti as mayor of Los Angeles.
He won 80% of the vote in the field of ten challengers.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2017

LA Mayor Garcetti and his daughter Maya at the voting booth

#BlackLivesMatter Meets With Mayor Garcetti

The mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti finally met with the group #BlackLivesMatter this morning. The group has been dogging the mayor over the last few weeks over the recent unarmed shooting deaths of black LA residents by LAPD officers. The group has camped in front of the mayor's mansion and have chased him around various press conferences to get him to meet with them. #BlackLivesMatter is calling for the firing of LAPD Chief Beck and for serious reform in the way the LAPD's rank and file officers deal with black residents.
Today's meeting was held in private at a church in South L.A. and the press was not allowed to attend. The mayor left the meeting without comment.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2015

Closing the door.

Protest @ LA Mayors Mansion

Several protestors and homeless rights advocates camped out in front of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's Windsor Square mansion. They called on the mayor to veto two upcoming municipal code revisions that violate the rights of homeless people in Los Angeles. 

The mayor had stated he would not sign the new revisions.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2015

Veto.

Armenian Genocide March

Up to one-hundred thousand people marched through the streets of Los Angeles today to mark the 100 year anniversary of the Armenian genocide by the Turkish Ottoman Empire back in 1915.
The Turkish government still has not apologized or recognized the genocide to this day.
President Obama still has not recognized the event as a genocide as well.
The City of Los Angeles and Mayor Garcetti have fully recognized the genocide, and have name a square in Hollywood to commemorate the people of Armenia and the genocide of 1915.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2015

1915.

LA strong.