[applause] >> and mayor greg in phoenix and mayor ralph becker of salt lake city are closing in on that goal as well. we issued my brother's keeper community challenge to create pathways of success for boys and young men of color and all young people and over 10050 local and tribal leaders have stepped up so in birmingham mayor william bell and business leaders created a mentoring program and in new haven mayor is canvassing to connect to kids with services and support. that's what mayors do. they get things done. they make things happen. and on other urgent issues like responding to climate change or getting more families ensured, rebuilding infrastructure and making sure our youngest americans get the best start in life may kwrorz like you are helping to get it done and we want to help. so i had a chance to meet some folks earlier before i came out here and i just emphasize to them what i always do whenever i'm at a mayor's conference and that is to emphasize that we are here in large part to make sure that you are able to achieve your goals because if cities are successful, then amer

that will feature mayor ralph becker, mayor steve hogan and mayor tom tate. and then following that will be immigration and diversity in communities across the country panel and to close the program, we will hear from our immigration in the new year expert panel. i'd now like to introduce ron brownstein and mayor eric garceta. ron will be mod ratding multiple portions of the program today. he is atlantic media's editorial director and joining ron is mayor eric garceta, the 47th mayor of los angeles. his back to basics agenda is focused on job creation and solving every day problems for l.a. residents. ron, i'll turn it over to you. thank you. thank you all for -- thank you for joining us and cafe next america or the relaunch of playhouse 90. i'm not sure which. one or the other. mayor garceta who is my mayor, i am a constituent these days. >> good choice. >> thank you. i want to ask you a little bit start talking a little bit about the executive order, the executive action for president is pursuing on ill inauguration and there are a lot of political, legal,

and joining rahm on stage are the honorable steve hogan, mayor of aurora, colorado the honorable ralph becker mayor of salt lake, utah and the honorable tom tate, mayor of anaheim, california. joining ron on stage is amy sullivan correspondent and director of next economy program which will help moderate. i will turn it over to you. >> hi, amy. welcome, mayors. let me start and amy and i will kind of take turns grilling you, but let me start with a point we discussed with mayor garcetti, which is although there are a few big cities that have undocumented immigrants which would be potentially eligible for executive action. in fact, the best estimates from the migration policy is this is substantially dispersed much more than, for example under ronald reagan in the 1980s. they only account for 40% of the total pool of the eligible population. there is a lot of people out there. orange county with anaheim, estimate of 150,000 people. suburban denver 41,000 salt lake county 22,000. when we get beyond chicago and new york and l.a. is the infrastructure in place to work through this process in citi

new faces new places, a conversation with conversation with mayors that we will feature mayor ralph becker. and then following that we will be immigration and diversity in communities across the country panel. we will here from our immigration in the new year expert panel. i would now like to introduce ron brownstein. moderating multiple portions of the event today, a two-time finalist for the pulitzer prize and his atlantic media editorial director. the 47th mayor of los angeles, back to basic agenda is focused on job creation in solving everyday problems for la residents. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you for joining us. not sure. one of the other. thank you. i want to ask you a little bit start talking a little bit about the executive order. there their are a lot of political, legal logistical challenges some of which i want to talk to you about the one thing we no already is that southern california is right at the epicenter. significantly more people than anybody else who would be eligible. before we get to the challenges of making this work let me ask you you, if this does go int