i'd now like to introduce ron brownstein and mayor eric barseti.ein is a two-time finalist for the pulitzer prize and editorial director. joining ron is mayor eric barseti who is the 47th mayor of los angeles whose back to basics agenda is focused on job creation and solving everyday problems for l.a. residents. >> thank you all for -- [ applause ] >> thank you for joining us for the relaunch of play house 90. i'm not sure. the mayor, who is in fact my mayor, i am a constituent these days -- >> good choice. >> thank you. i want to ask you a little bit to start talking a little bit about the executive order the executive actions the president is pursuing on immigration. there are a lot of political, legal, logistical challenges some of which i want to talk about in a few minutes. one thing we know already is that southern california is right at the epicenter of where -- in fact, los angeles by the estimates have significantly more people than anybody else who would be eligible for this executive order roughly half a million, depending on the estimat