Q&A with the most tech-focused mayor in America

Eric Garcetti, the 42-year-old mayor of Los Angeles, recently discussed L.A.’s growing tech sector and his plans to raise the digital profile of the entertainment capital. 

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti might be the most tech-focused mayor in America. His family car is a hybrid, he’s a self-taught coder, and the 42-year-old native Angeleno even developed his own smartphone app, which lets residents submit municipal requests for graffiti removal and pot hole repair directly to city hall.