Eric Garcetti is an American politician and former college professor, best known as the incumbent mayor of Los Angeles, California. Born to a politician and photographer father, he was interested in the prospect of becoming a politician ever since he was young. He attended high school in Los Angeles and completed his bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University. He later completed his PhD from the London School of Economics. He returned to the U.S. and worked as a college professor for a few years before he entered active politics in 2001, when he was elected to the Los Angeles City Council from district 13. In 2006, he was made the council president. His effective leadership helped him retain the position until 2013. The same year, he won the seat of the mayor of Los Angeles. He won the re-election in 2017. As the mayor, he worked mostly toward issues such as finance, construction, and the environment, while also trying to tackle the homelessness issue and the immigrant crisis. He was also expected to run for the 2020 presidency of the United States, but he denied the rumors later.