You have a situation now where people are walking down the street, a car will pull up, no license plate, men will jump out completely masked, pull guns on whoever it is and take them away.

You have that capacity because you have the one thing Donald Trump doesn't have, one thing Donald Trump's never exercised. He may have the formal authority of the United States. You have the moral authority.

Our city is definitely united … We are a city of immigrants, and we will stand united with Angelenos regardless of what country they came from, when they got here or why they’re here.

'No court has adopted the interpretation of Title IX that is being advanced by the Trump Admin'

The Trump administration's relentless assault on transgender adolescents is nothing short of an all-out war to strip away LGBTQ+ rights.

California is a state where somebody is in need and people need help we send them in. And so I think that this is a good thing, and this is really what should America be coming together in a time of need instead of what we’re seeing…

The funding we’re announcing today will accelerate the development of affordable multifamily rental housing so that those rebuilding their lives after this tragedy have access to a safe, affordable place to come home to.

Well, they’re going to arrest me for doing my job? As Mayor, my number one responsibility is to keep Angelenos safe.

This care remains legal in California.

What we're experiencing is America in reverse.

They're trying to bring us back to a pre-1960s world on voting rights—you know it well.

So my call to you is to recognize that you can shape the future. The future is not just some experience. It's something to manifest. The future is inside of you. It's decisions, not conditions, that will determine our fate and future.

attempted to block the federal incursion in California and later filed a lawsuit against Trump.

I met some of the children who had to leave the park today because of a military-style operation designed to strike fear in the heart of our city today. We will not be afraid and we will not be divided. We will stand TOGETHER.

They need to leave and they need to leave right now.

It is outrageous and un-American that we have federal armed vehicles in our parks when nothing is going on in the parks.

It’s outrageous and un-American that the federal government seized our state’s national guard.

This is footage from today in MacArthur Park. Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through. The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it…