Long Beach mayor
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia looks out over the city from his City Hall office. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia in his office at City Hall. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
“When I talk about the Silicon Valley concept, it’s kind of a state of mind,” Garcia said. “It means Long Beach 3.0. It means being a city that embraces open data and embraces innovation.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia listens last week to Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna announce the arrest of suspects in connection with the kidnapping and death of a 3-week-old girl. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Key to the mayor’s plans is making downtown Long Beach friendly to the workers who might perform the hoped-for tech jobs. He wants to bring 4,000 residential units, with some 10,000 people, to downtown over the next decade. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Mayor Robert Garcia talks with Niko Dahilig, left, 24, of Long Beach and Mike Trowbridge, right, 26, of El Segundo in a coffeehouse after his June election victory. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia talk in February about a tentative agreement on a port labor contract. (Christina House / For The Times)
REP. Janice Hahn speaks with Garcia aboard the Queen Mary on the city’s election night. He has been mayor for eight months. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
