branch children allegiance birth_date residence term_end alma_mater term_start spouse rank image name predecessor birth_place unit party office website successor religion article_title birth_name
united states navy 23px 1 united states 4 february 1971 getty house january 12 , 2012 july 1 , 2013 columbia , oxford university london school of economics queen 's college july 1 , 2001 1 , 2013 january 1 , 2006 july amy wakeland -lrb- 2009 -- present -rrb- 18px lieutenant eric garcetti in suit and tie.jpg eric garcetti antonio villaraigosa alex padilla jackie goldberg los angeles , california , u.s. information dominance corps united states navy reserve democratic 42nd los angeles city council member of the los angeles city mayor council from the 13th district of los angeles 22nd president of the -lsb- http://www.lamayor.org government website -rsb- herb wesson mitch o'farrell progressive judaism eric garcetti
 eric michael garcetti
eric garcetti

eric michael garcetti -lrb- born february 4 , 1971 -rrb- is the current mayor of los angeles and a former member of the los angeles city council , representing the 13th district .
he served as council president from 2006 to 2012 .
a member of the democratic party , garcetti won in a nonpartisan election for mayor on may 21 , 2013 , defeating city controller wendy greuel ; garcetti is the city 's first elected jewish mayor and its youngest in more than a century .
