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Rich Llewellyn, currently the chief of staff to City Councilman Paul Kortez, was the first chief of staff for Eric Garcetti when he joined the City Council in 2001. Llewellyn moved over to City Hall East in 2005 as chief deputy to City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. He also had been a special counsel to Gil Garcetti in the district attorney's office, and practiced law at the former Riordan & McKinzie. Most recently Llewellyn has been a key adviser to the Garcetti mayoral campaign. “Rich understands my priorities and has the experience and expertise to help me assemble an Administration that is ready for action,” Garcetti said today in a statement.
Garcetti today also unveiled his transition website, billing it as a place on the web "where Angelenos can share their ideas and find information on joining the Administration." “We’re running a focused transition to ensure we hit the ground running on day one with an agenda to create jobs and solve problems for L.A. residents,” Garcetti said in the statement. It appears the official color of the Garcetti Administration is blue.
Also this week, Garcetti had a thank you party for about 500 supporters at The Edison downtown.
