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I grew up in the home behind me here in City Terrace. I grew up in the 1950s. It was a home of
domestic violence and alcoholism. I remember one of many fights breaking out,
my father screaming, usually drunk, hitting my mother sometimes sometimes.
Other times just screaming so loud that we would be terrorized by it.
I remember in bed, my sister in her bed, and me in mine, kind of terrified and we're
eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I remember going under
the bed, hiding, waking up in the morning
ants all over us, and my father screaming at us.
It was books that would insulate me from what was a very terrifying world for me
back when my father was living here.
My mother was someone who tried to shield us from
what was a very painful early childhood. To this day, I felt like I let
my mom down because I didn't defend her, because I hid under the bed instead of
standing up to my father. And I think that in some ways always been a
motivation for me to stand up, to speak out.
The one man in my life that's impacted me positively
more than any other is my grandpa, grandpa Pete.
My mom's dad. He died just around the time that we moved
to this house here. But I remember him coming on Saturdays, walking with his
cane getting off the bus. I remember going to his apartment on what today is
Skid Row. I remember the smell of his mustache. He taught us about the
importance of family and to be proud of where we came from.
There's one other person, Herman Katz.
You know I've often said about Herman, he helped so many
young people and he really convinced me that I needed to re-channel
that anger, and that I needed to challenge myself. He challenged me to do more,
Take the SAT. He encouraged me to apply for college. Someone I never ever forgot.
Those two people were positive male influences that played a role in
who I am and the things I've done.
At fifteen years-old I helped found at
Cathedral High School the Black Student Union and also the United Mexican
Union of Students. I led the walkouts there as a young man. And they really
pushed us. They gave us tough classes and really pushed us.
And then I get kicked out,
so they gave up on me, right? And then I went to Roosevelt High School where they
put me in shop classes, basic reading classes, because that's what they did to
a lot of Mexicans and blacks back then. What I did was I dropped out. And then,
luckily, I had a great mom that believed in me and kept on emphasizing education.
I had a great teacher here at this school and he said, 'Hey you gotta come
back. You can do, you can graduate, you can go to college.'
So, I always tell the story of it was a Catholic school that gave me a
foundation, but a public school that gave me a second shot. I ended up graduating
from high school by going on night school four nights a week,
graduating on time. Then I went to East LA college for a year,
and then I got to UCLA on an affirmative action program. So, I tell people I got a
shot and what I want to do, what I did as Mayor, I want kids like you to get a shot.
A lot of people don't know this, but Antonio first started out as a community
organizer eventually becoming a union organizer for the teachers' union.
And ultimately he became the president of the ACLU here in Los Angeles.
He understands that the way to transform communities is to empower people.
Speaker Villaraigosa has a very long and, I think, substantial track record
when he was Speaker of the Assembly.
The work that he did on HIV/Aids was groundbreaking work in the country.
The largest park and environmental protection bond in the nation's history.
The work that he did on student-teacher ratios so that kids get a better education
Providing health care for over 750,000 children in California.
The work that he did to end discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation.
And his strength of conviction standing up to the NRA on gun
control time and time again is absolutely legendary still in the Capitol.
I could always call it Antonio and he was there.
When the young men was killing up one another,
fighting with Hispanics and Afro-Americans, I called Antonio.
one of the outstanding achievements of Mayor Villaraigosa when
he was mayor of the city of Los Angeles was the
establishment of the Summer Night Lights program, opening up parks
in gang infested communities, providing programs until midnight where young
people could come into a safe environment playing basketball or other
kinds of programs, having gang members be a part of this program.
All of that was accomplished on Antonio Villaraigosa's watch.
You know, Antonio has been know to take on a lot of strong institutions.
He's taken on big polluters that pollute in the inner-city.
He's taken on the oil companies, he's taken on the NRA but at
But at times, he's taken on his friends, as well. When he feels that they are wrong.
As is the case with the teachers' union. He took on the teachers union not because he's
against teachers, he supports teachers, he loves teachers. But he's taken on the
teachers' union because he believes that, at the end of the day, we need to improve
academic achievement for students. And that kids in the inner-city are not
left behind. And as a union organizer, it was hard for him to do that. it wasn't
easy but he did it because he knew that it was in the best interests of the kids.
So in the middle of a recession, with layoffs, with cuts from the state, we took
our schools from 44 percent to 72 percent graduation rate.
Roosevelt Magnet now has a 99.6 percent graduation rate.
Mendez High School has a 94 percent graduation rate.
These kids can learn. These kids can make it. But we got to believe in them.
He was the best community person. Working with me to help these young people know that they didn't
have to be poor all their life. They could go to school and go to college and have
things just like everybody else did. And when you're doing the community service
and working with people you can't solve all the problems by yourself.
And I learned years ago, it ain't what you know, is who you know and I know Antonio.
I'm running for governor because I know in order to thrive as a state,
to restore the luster to the California Dream we got to make sure that we're
growing together. We can't keep on giving up on so many people. we got to educate
and train more of our young people. Invest in them from early childhood,
K through 12 and college affordability. Give them the skills. Train them for the
jobs that will give them dignity and respect that, will reaffirm that ideal
that if you work hard and you play by the rules, you ought to be able to make it.
And you will.
The memories I remember the most in this house are Saturday mornings.
They were very special. We would watch cartoons and just be really loud and
silly, trying to wake our dad up.
We'd be cleaning this living room here, we'd be dusting and sweeping,
and in the background my dad would put on tapes of Dr. King
and we would hear his speeches, we had a cassette series and we just
keep going until until the job to the house was done.
If there's one thing I wish
people could know about him is that he is my rock and he is the most supportive
person, and he's loving, and compassionate, and tough, really tough.
In my toughest times in my life, often the first call that I
would make was to my father. Even though there were times that I would make
afraid of what he would say, but in those moments that I knew that I needed him,
I knew I needed him, and I knew I needed his words. And the first thing he would
always tell me is, "Baby, it's gonna be okay."
He's made mistakes and he's admitted them.
I think like anyone he's hoping for forgiveness the same way he
gave to my sister and I.
And I think one of the biggest lessons that my dad had
to go through for himself was the forgiveness, forgiving himself.
Allowing my dad to forgive himself was big, and as a result
he's showed us what humility looks like as well.
I've seen people really down on their luck,
in a really hard place. But we can't give up on them. This is a great state.
We look out for everyone in California. We don't give up on people, no matter who they are,
or where they come from. Every Californian deserves dignity,
and every Californian deserves respect.
As governor, I will never forget that.
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