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Eric Garcetti rehearses inaugural speech on Sunday afternoon outside City Hall. Aides Bill Carrick, left, and Yusef Robb flank the mayor-elect. Gary Leonard photo.
Eric Garcetti will take the ceremonial oath of office in the 6 p.m. hour in the swelter on the west steps of City Hall. He intends to call himself the "salesman-in-chief" for Los Angeles and in his speech will pledge to bring more jobs to the city. Based on excerpts of the speech from his staff, on his first day as mayor on Monday Garcetti plans to inform all general managers of city departments that they need to reapply for their jobs. He will also use the first 100 days of his administration to meet with Fortune 500 and Silicon Beach executives and with leaders of LA's top universities, non-profits and other major institutions.
The inauguration ceremony starts at 6 p.m. and will be live-streamed at transition.lacity.org. After the official what-not, there will be a party with entertainment in Grand Park.
The run of program goes like this:
6:00 PM Newly-elected and re-elected Councilmembers are announced as they take their seats on stage, followed by the City Controller-elect, City Attorney-elect and Mayor-elect.
6:02 PM Moby performs his song, “We Are All Made of Stars.” He will be accompanied by a choir.6:07 PM Presentation of Colors by the Naval Operational Support Center Los Angeles Navy Color Guard. Garcetti is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy reserve.
6:09 PM Pledge of allegiance led by Lily Newman, a 5th grader at Porter Ranch Community School. She met Mayor-elect Garcetti when he visited her class to learn about the school’s innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program. Garcetti subsequently visited Porter Ranch for a community meeting and was greeted by Lily holding a jar of change she collected from her friends to support his campaign.
6:11 PM Invocation given by Rabbi Susan Goldberg of Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
6:13 PM Jimmy Kimmel speaks. Kimmel is a friend and supporter of Garcetti’s. Kimmel has been a cornerstone of Hollywood’s revitalization, by locating his show on Hollywood Boulevard and by getting involved in the community and staging neighborhood events.
6:15 PM Council President Herb Wesson speaks
6:18 PM Councilmembers are sworn-in as a group by City Clerk June Lagmay.
6:21 PM Ron Galperin is sworn in as City Controller by State Controller John Chiang. Galperin speaks for 3 mins.
6:26 PM Mike Feuer is sworn in as City Attorney by State Attorney General Kamala Harris. Feuer speaks for 3 mins.
6:31 PM Ariana Delawari performs “We Came Home.”
6:36 PM Jimmy Kimmel speaks about Garcetti and leads in to the oath, which will be given by Kenia Castillo, an 8th grader at Luther Burbank Magnet Middle School in Highland Park. She lives in Westlake. Kenia met Mayor-elect Garcetti when she was four and he attended an event in support of better working conditions for janitors like her mom. Nearly a decade later, Kenia and her mom ran into Garcetti at an event he attended with janitors during his campaign. Kenia came up to him and said that he was there for her family when they needed help and now she would be there to help him -- and she became a campaign volunteer.
Kenia administers oath. Garcetti speaks.
6:50 PM Melanie Fiona performs L-O-V-E (say each letter).
6:55 PM Jimmy Kimmel closes and intros party in the park
7:00 PM DJ Canyon play
7:05 PM Buyepongo Performs
7:28 PM DJ Canyon plays
7:43 PM Lula Washington Dance Ensemble Performs
8:09 PM DJ Canyon plays
8:25 PM Jungle Fire performs
8:47 PM DJ Canyon plays
9:02 PM Moonlight Trio Performs
9:23 PM DJ Canyon plays10:00 PM Event ends
